Laura UnleashedBlog's for October, 2013http://www.LauraIngraham.comLaura Ingraham2015-08-02T22:26:53Z2015-08-02T22:26:53ZLaura IngrahamStop the GOP panic attacksLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Stop-the-GOP-panic-attacks/-695577861027371806.html2013-10-10T18:59:00Z2013-10-10T18:59:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Some in the GOP are freaking out about polls showing GOP approval way down since the beginning of the shutdown. At the same time, Dems, are suffering from premature giddiness over the prospect of retaking the House in 2014. Bill O'Reilly thinks Hillary Clinton could be the big beneficiary of this supposed GOP slump. I have a different take. <br /><br /> Part of what's going on here is that you have two different Republican parties. There's a Republican party that wants to fight the President across the board on almost every issue, and then there's a Republican party that wants to cut deals. There's a Republican party that wants to hold the line on immigration and trade, and there's a Republican party that's for open borders and unlimited trade deficits. There's a Republican party that worries about gay marriage, abortion, and other social issues &ndash; and there's a Republican party that has almost no concern over those issues. There's a Republican party that thinks we should be more cautious about engaging in conflicts around the worlds, and a Republican party that supports almost every war any President might consider.<br /><br /> So when you ask people, "Do you approve of the Republican party" -- how they answer that question will probably depend on which of those two parties they consider the "true" GOP. One of the unfortunate aspects of the shutdown fight is that Republicans were never unified on what the fight meant or what victory would look like. You said on day one that it was only a matter of time until the GOP Establishment caved in, and you are going to be right. So the Establishment blames Ted Cruz for starting a fight that couldn't be won, and the folks at Red State accuse the Establishment of surrendering &ndash; and lots of folks in both groups decide that they're not happy with the GOP. Against this background, it's not surprising that the GOP approval numbers have fallen.<br /><br /> But none of this means that the GOP is necessarily doomed, or that its efforts have been entirely mistaken. I think the GOP will keep the House in 2014, and I think they will likely pick up seats in the Senate as well. I also think that, in a time where the country is being so badly governed, there are political advantages for conservatives who can claim that they disagree with both the Obamas and the Bushes. In terms of current policy, I am confident that we wouldn't be having any serious conversations about government spending if the Tea Party had simply gone along with business as usual. I also think the Tea Partiers did a good job of helping to keep us out of war with Syria. And I still think they have a good chance to stop immigration reform. So it's not true to say that they are losing on every issue. In fact, some liberals are very frustrated that the Tea Party is having so much success. Check out this article:<br />
<p><strong><a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/10/09/right_wing_coup_deluded_secessionists_have_already_won/" target="_blank">Right-wing coup: Deluded secessionists have already won</a></strong></p>
Finally, I would say that we shouldn't fear a debate between the two groups of Republicans. Reagan and Ford spent months fighting over the 1976 GOP nomination, and that probably helped the GOP more than it hurt. Obama and Hillary had a huge fight in 2008, and that probably helped the Democrats more than it hurt. Instead of sweeping all these issues under the rug, Republicans should fight them out. It may look messy for awhile &ndash; but over time, the party will end up with positions that have been tested in battle and can be defended in public. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Stop-the-GOP-panic-attacks/-695577861027371806.htmlLaura2013-10-10T18:59:00ZWhen you've lost John Stewart...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/When-youve-lost-John-Stewart.../448478692790439319.html2013-10-08T19:01:00Z2013-10-08T19:01:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>Need some shutdown belly laughs? Liberal writer and Obama apologist Andrew Sullivan <a href="http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/10/08/how-bad-was-kathleen-sebelius-last-night/" target="_blank">lacerates</a> HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius after her appearance on the Daily Show with John Stewart:</p>
<p>"The HHS secretary was so incoherent [last night], so incapable of even basic reasoning, so tied to exhausted talking points, so unable to concede, let alone explain, error, that she would be fired if she were a spokesperson for a minor member of Congress," Sullivan mused. But he wasn't done...</p>
<p>"Why could she offer no plausible reason for why corporations with over 50 employees got an extra year to comply, while individuals don&rsquo;t? This was a very friendly media environment, and she was given acres of time to give even a small explanation. And she was worse than useless."&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sullivan makes a great point. The Obama administration and HHS have the media in their pocket. I would even go as far as to argue that Stewart had her on the show to grant her the opportunity to allay the fears of the public over Obamacare's horrible rollout. The fact is she didn't just fail to explain, she failed to answer - she completely ducked the question.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sullivan continued, "Part of an official&rsquo;s job is to be able to be accountable to the public for failures, to help explain them, to give an idea of how they are going to be addressed. She failed...&nbsp;Why is the president content with that kind of grotesque incompetence and lack of accountability? And when will she be fired?"&nbsp;</p>
<p>Sullivan is correct that Sebelius should be fired, but he assumes it's because <em>she</em>&nbsp;is incompetent - the fact is Obamacare itself is inherently flawed.&nbsp;Who would have thought that those stupid, mouth-breathing Tea Partiers knew more about the capabilities of the Federal Government than geniuses like Andrew Sullivan?</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/When-youve-lost-John-Stewart.../448478692790439319.htmlLaura2013-10-08T19:01:00ZGulp...Boehner wants a Grand BargainLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gulp...Boehner-wants-a-Grand-Bargain/923005632846953587.html2013-10-02T23:40:00Z2013-10-02T23:40:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>So Barack Obama called Republican leaders to the White House Wednesday night for the sole purpose of telling them he won't negotiate. Harry Reid emerged from the bipartisan meeting only to trash Ted Cruz and the tea party. As predicted, this Obamacare defund strategy wasn't going to end well for Republicans. Democrats won't ever budge on the issue of a full defund because they have all the leverage. They know the GOP will lose this game of chicken. <br /><br /> A month ago conservatives had victories within reach on "No Washington Exemption" and perhaps even on a delay of Obamacare. Clean and easy. But that pathway was ultimately rejected. Now we could see ground lost instead of gained. I am not heartened to hear about John Boehner's "<a href="http://m.nationalreview.com/corner/360234/boehner-gop-grand-bargain-works-robert-costa" target="_blank">grand bargain</a>." (What has Congress really done that is "grand" lately anyway?) <br /><br /> The fact is, the tea party coalition in the GOP doesn't have the numbers to throw its weight around this way. So it should take wins where it can find them. This is not RINO stuff, it's smart stuff. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gulp...Boehner-wants-a-Grand-Bargain/923005632846953587.htmlLaura2013-10-02T23:40:00ZThe Dueling Headlines that Demonstrate the Utter Naivete of the GOPLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Dueling-Headlines-that-Demonstrate-the-Utter-Naivete-of-the-GOP/-128499384316341776.html2013-10-01T21:52:00Z2013-10-01T21:52:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/84-house-republicans-support-legalizing-undocumented-workers_757359.html?page=1" target="_blank">84 House Republicans Support Legalizing Undocumented Workers</a> (Weekly Standard)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-30/obamacare-s-latino-push-may-give-democrats-political-edge.html" target="_blank">Obamacare's Latino Push May Give Political Edge to Dems</a> (Bloomberg)<br /><br /> So let me get this straight, the GOP shuts down the government to fight Obamacare, but behind the scenes it's trying to find a path to legalization for Latinos who generally like Obamacare. The Democrats are giddy because they know that during the next election cycle, they will always be able to out-bid Republicans on this issue. A path to citizenship in 10 years? Nah, we'll give it to you in 2 years. They want to deprive you of Obamacare? We'll give it to you from Day One.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/30/Obamacare-Being-Used-to-Woo-Hispanics-to-Democratic-Party" target="_blank">Obamacare Being Used to Woo Hispanics to Democratic Party</a> (Breitbart) <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Dueling-Headlines-that-Demonstrate-the-Utter-Naivete-of-the-GOP/-128499384316341776.htmlLaura2013-10-01T21:52:00ZYes, new study shows GOP has BIG edge among IndependentsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Yes,-new-study-shows-GOP-has-BIG-edge-among-Independents/-5666043675461345.html2013-09-30T14:57:00Z2013-09-30T14:57:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>A fascinating new study shows that after 5 years of failed Obama economic policies, the voters in one key group are (finally) turning away from the Democrats. &nbsp;How should the GOP capitalize on this heartening trend? &nbsp;The conventional wisdom is that a shutdown will hurt the GOP among independents. &nbsp;I question that assumption for this reason: &nbsp;most "independent-minded" people understand that Obamacare is a wrecking ball to the economy and see the inherent unfairness in system that gives big biz delays and subsidies while the working class is left to carry the bag (again). &nbsp;Certainly the media obviously prefer the spin of the heartless, fractious GOP shutting the government down (see the home page of POLITICO right now if you doubt this). &nbsp;But if you call yourself an "Independent," do you really get your cues from the New York Times or MSNBC? &nbsp;I don't think so. &nbsp;If you have rejected either the "R" or "D" label, most likely are aware that it is Harry Reid and Barack Obama who refuse to sit down with House Speaker John Boehner. &nbsp;Independents also know that on issue after issue the "Establishment" has flunked a basic competency test. &nbsp;(See, e.g., border enforcmement, Iraq &amp; Afghanistan, NAFTA, the 2008 financial crisis, the anemic recovery, and our massive trade deficit with China. &nbsp;Oh, and how could I forget (drumroll please)...the $16.8 trillion national debt anvil tied to our nation's torso, that will slowly but surely drag us under. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Republicans' translating support among independents to victory in 2014 and 2016 is, of course, not a foregone conclusion. &nbsp;(Just ask Mitt Romney.) &nbsp;They must be show courage, not arrogance, and put forward a credible, compelling series of proposals that more Americans understand will help improve the lives of the middle class. &nbsp;(What the elites from both parties have failed miserably to do for more than a decade.) <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republicans-may-have-an-edge-with-independent-voters-can-they-use-it/2013/09/29/1c510ea6-294d-11e3-8ade-a1f23cda135e_story.html" target="_blank">Chris Cillizza</a> breaks it down in the Washington Post: &nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">On the question of congressional preference &mdash; Which political party would you prefer controlled Congress? &mdash; independent voters in 2013 lean more heavily toward the GOP than they did in 2010, when Republicans picked up 63 seats to retake control of the House. In 2010, 40&nbsp;percent of independents said they wanted a GOP-controlled Congress, while 26&nbsp;percent said they wanted a Democratic-led one. In an NBC-WSJ survey from July to September of this year, 43&nbsp;percent of independents said they wanted GOP control, while 25&nbsp;percent preferred a Democratic House majority. (NBC-WSJ began asking the congressional-preference question for this year in July, hence the lack of a year&rsquo;s worth of data.) By contrast, in 2012, when Democrats picked up eight House seats, independents were split &mdash; 35&nbsp;percent Democrats, 34&nbsp;percent GOP &mdash; when it came to which party they wanted to control Congress.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">(Worth noting: Roberts&rsquo;s analysis is based on a single question &mdash; congressional preference &mdash; over time. Although it is considered a strong, broad gauge, it should not be taken as the end all, be all of data points.)</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">The reason for the GOP tilt of independents? Roberts thinks it has much to do with President Obama's faltering numbers among that group. In the third quarter of this year &mdash; July to September &mdash; 50&nbsp;percent of independents surveyed by NBC-WSJ had a negative image of Obama, while 32&nbsp;percent had a positive image. Six in 10 disapproved of the job he was doing overall; in particular, 63&nbsp;percent disapproved of his handling of the economy. Throw in the fact that nearly three-quarters (72&nbsp;percent) of independents surveyed in the third quarter of 2013 think the country is on the wrong track and it becomes clear why independents are aligning with Republicans.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Are these just Republicans who are disgusted with the state of the party and are temporarily identifying themselves as independents? (Remember that Mitt Romney actually won independents by five points over Obama in 2012 but still lost the election convincingly.) No, said Roberts, who analyzed the demographics among independents across 2010, 2012 and 2013 and found remarkable similarities in the group&rsquo;s makeup. In 2010, a great year for Republicans, 58&nbsp;percent of independents were men. Two years later, a good year for Democrats, 55&nbsp;percent of independents were men. In 2013, 56&nbsp;percent of them are men. The story is the same across age, ideology and geographic region. Those identifying as independents in 2010 and 2012 look a lot like people who call themselves independents today.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Viewed broadly, the data on independents culled by Roberts make one thing clear: Republicans are well positioned among electorally critical independent voters heading into the 2014 election if &mdash; and this is a major if &mdash; the party can keep the focus on Obama and off its internal rifts, which have been&nbsp;<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-republicans-to-propose-one-year-delay-in-obamacare/2013/09/28/1e884de6-2859-11e3-9256-41f018d21b49_story.html">on full display over the past week</a>. Independent voters want to vote for Republicans &mdash; if only the GOP could get out of its own way.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Yes,-new-study-shows-GOP-has-BIG-edge-among-Independents/-5666043675461345.htmlLaura2013-09-30T14:57:00ZThe Establishment has no one to blame but itselfLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Establishment-has-no-one-to-blame-but-itself/173955505713670304.html2013-09-27T14:44:00Z2013-09-27T14:44:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>Washington is going to pitch a fit over the next few weeks because there are Americans who don't want to borrow the money to pay for Obamacare, and who don't want to raise the debt ceiling without getting cuts in spending going forward.&nbsp; They will whine and complain that the Republicans are destroying the country.&nbsp; But how did we get here?&nbsp; We got into this mess because, for almost 15 years, the average American has watched the smart folks in Washington slowly but surely run this country into the ground.&nbsp; In the late 1990's we were running surpluses &ndash; where did all that money go?&nbsp; Since the late 1990's, we've lost millions and millions of manufacturing jobs &ndash; why did that happen?&nbsp; In the fall of 2000, the euro was worth 85 cents.&nbsp; Now it's worth $1.35.&nbsp; In 2000, you could buy gold for $279/ounce.&nbsp; Now it's over $1,300/ounce.&nbsp; On September 30, 2000, the National Debt was $5.67 trillion.&nbsp; Now it's up to $16.7 trillion.&nbsp; What did we do with all of the money that we borrowed?&nbsp; In 2000, the median household income in this country (in 2012 dollars) was $55,987.&nbsp; Last year it was only $51,017.&nbsp; In 2000, our trade deficit with China was $83.8 billion.&nbsp; Last year it was $315.1 billion.&nbsp; Why didn't our experts predict that?</p>
<p>Here's the bottom line:&nbsp; there are stupid people destroying this country, but they're not the ones who call talk radio stations, or drive trucks, or grow crops, or work in factories.&nbsp; They're the ones who made the trade deals with China, who told us that we would be welcomed as liberators in the Middle East, who just tried to get us into a war with Syria, who have been humiliated by Vladimir Putin, who borrowed trillions of dollars &ndash; in our name &ndash; for no good purpose, who believe in climate change and Obamacare, and who think that the "loud people" are the ones who need to shut up.</p>
<p>This so-called "Establishment," which dominates both parties and the mainstream press, has been wrong about every major issue since 2000.&nbsp; They were wrong about China, they were wrong about Russia, they were wrong about immigration, they were wrong about the housing bubble, they were wrong about Iraq, they were wrong about Afghanistan, and they were wrong about the stimulus.&nbsp; Time and time again, they have made optimistic predictions that didn't come true, and they have predicted disasters ("Oh, no, the sequester!") that proved to be false.&nbsp; They don't know what they are doing, and the rest of the world is laughing at them.</p>
<p>So spare us all the advice about how we ought to behave, and about how we don't understand the realities of the global marketplace.&nbsp; We understand them a lot better than the dolts who are running a great country into the ground, and who care more about shutting us up than actually making things better.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Establishment-has-no-one-to-blame-but-itself/173955505713670304.htmlLaura2013-09-27T14:44:00ZWSJ take note - Americans don't have a 'worth ethic' problem, they have a job availability problemLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/WSJ-take-note---Americans-dont-have-a-worth-ethic-problem,-they-have-a-job-availability-problem/-789403131867777819.html2013-09-23T23:49:00Z2013-09-23T23:49:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The editors at the Wall Street Journal are at it again - they&rsquo;re promoting immigration reform and this time they are using the "poor work ethic" of middle class Americans as their justification. In an article published this weekend, WSJ interviewed Bob Funk, the president and founder of Express Employment Services. According to Funk, Americans are really unemployable because of their poor <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324492604579087044033601178.html" target="_blank">attitudes and faltering work ethic</a>. "In my 40-some years in this business,&rdquo; Funk said, &ldquo;the biggest change I've witnessed is the erosion of the American work ethic. It just isn't there today like it used to be." Funk&rsquo;s observation is preposterous on its face, but his next proposal is even more ridiculous than the first. "I guess I'm a little prejudiced to the immigrants and especially Hispanics,&rdquo; Funk mused. &ldquo;They [immigrants] have an amazing work ethic. They don't want handouts and are grateful to have a job. Our company has a great success rate with these workers." <br /><br />What Mr. Funk and the WSJ fail to recognize is that Americans are unemployed because there simply aren&rsquo;t enough jobs available, and the few jobs that do exist are quickly scooped up by those willing to work for pay below the legal wage limit. Americans don&rsquo;t have a &ldquo;work ethic&rdquo; problem; they have a work availability problem. The real issue at hand is that American workers are being pushed out of the labor force at levels not seen in <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/09/06/news/economy/labor-force-participation/index.html?iid=EL" target="_blank">thirty-five years</a>. For every one job opening, there are on average <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/06/unemployment-falls-for-wrong-reason-as-many-americans-give-up-on-weak-job/" target="_blank">three unemployed</a> people vying for the position. Rather than attacking hardworking Americans who are just trying to keep their heads above water during this intractable economic downturn, Mr. Funk should be advocating for them. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/WSJ-take-note---Americans-dont-have-a-worth-ethic-problem,-they-have-a-job-availability-problem/-789403131867777819.htmlLaura2013-09-23T23:49:00ZPrinting money can't buy us love...or real growthLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Printing-money-cant-buy-us-love...or-real-growth/-512332634382264082.html2013-09-23T19:20:00Z2013-09-23T19:20:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Ben Bernanke's announcement that the Fed was continuing its practice of <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/359216/right-quantitative-easing-james-pethokoukis" target="_blank">quantitative easing</a> was at least initially met with raves on Wall Street. &nbsp;The Dow jumped and some folks who look myopically at the S&amp;P Index were thrilled. &nbsp;Take my occasional radio guest AEI's Jim Pethokoukis, who hailed the Fed's decision as the only sane thing to do. <br />
<p>But the stock market's immediate approval hardly proves Bernanke's brilliance. &nbsp;In fact, it is probably just an admission of a sad reality: our Federal Reserve is out of ideas. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Morevoer, I find the Pethokoukis view very difficult to understand. &nbsp;Consider that just a few months ago, he was arguing that we have a potential labor shortage and that we need <a href="http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/06/does-the-us-economy-need-an-influx-of-mexican-high-school-dropouts/" target="_blank">more low-wage immigrant workers</a>.</p>
<p>Now he's writing that <a href="http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/09/the-age-of-amerisclerosis-are-jobless-recoveries-here-to-stay/" target="_blank">the U.S. economy no longer generates good jobs</a>, and that structural unemployment is likely to continue.</p>
<p>I guess if you think the U.S. economy is no longer capable of generating good jobs, then it makes sense for the Fed to just keep printing money and at least cause the stock market to go up.&nbsp; But, if that's the case, then why would we need more immigrants?</p>
<p>My personal belief is that a lot of folks on the right put all their eggs in the globalization basket, and it turns out that globalization is just a huge disaster for the American middle class.&nbsp; But rather than admit that globalization was a mistake, and look for ways to restore U.S. manufacturing and other high-wage jobs, they have decided to support letting the Fed print lots of money.&nbsp; In other words, they would rather have the Fed intervene in the market, than have Congress interfere with globalization.&nbsp; Personally, I would trust Congress (which can be fired by the voters) more than the Fed (which cannot).&nbsp; That's the populist in me.</p>
<p>But whatever we think of these issues, we should all be clear on one thing:&nbsp; there are big changes coming for conservative economic thinking.&nbsp; The old belief that the U.S. would flourish in a globalized world is gone, and conservatives don't agree on what we should now believe instead.</p>
<p>The longer the economy keeps not working, the more likely it is that we are headed for a big shift away from our current policies.&nbsp; In the 1930s, we had a big shift to the left, and that lasted for 50 years.&nbsp; In the 1980s, we had a big shift to the right, and that lasted until at least 2008.&nbsp; The next big shift, if the voters think it works, will probably dominate American politics for the rest of our lives.&nbsp; So conservatives should spend less time worrying about making arguments, and more time trying to figure out <em>what actually happened to the economy</em>. Until they know that &ndash; and can explain it, clearly and persuasively to Americans &ndash; they will continue to have major political problems.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Printing-money-cant-buy-us-love...or-real-growth/-512332634382264082.htmlLaura2013-09-23T19:20:00ZThe Army wants YOU...to improve the education systemLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Army-wants-YOU...to-improve-the-education-system/-392535724172233293.html2013-09-18T22:39:00Z2013-09-18T22:39:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>When Colonel Casey Wardynski took over as superintendent of Huntsville, Alabama schools, he was shocked by the lack of technology available. About 80 percent of the computers in the schools were at least five years old, and wireless access was nonexistent. Today, all 24,000 students in Huntsville City Schools have access to a personal computing device making it the largest all-digital school system in the U.S. To further prepare students for a technologically advanced world, Wardynski collaborated with the Army&rsquo;s Cyber Command to offer a course that trains students to wage and defend against cyberwar. Of course, liberals like Baruch College English professor Corey Mead claim the program is leading to the &ldquo;<a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/ken-shepherd/2013/09/17/time-ideas-blogger-stop-military-recruiters-infiltrating-americas-high#ixzz2fEvi4VxI" target="_blank">militarization of young minds</a>.&rdquo; But what those on the left fail to recognize is that while a majority of students won't necessarily enlist in the Army Cyber Command, many will end up in STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math] fields thanks to the unique and elaborate educational opportunity the Army provides. For such students, the curriculum Huntsville offers is invaluable. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Army-wants-YOU...to-improve-the-education-system/-392535724172233293.htmlLaura2013-09-18T22:39:00ZObama the Terrible, the Tone-deafLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-the-Terrible,-the-Tone-deaf/-418008814794559815.html2013-09-17T15:43:00Z2013-09-17T15:43:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><div><span>As the Navy Yard was still an active crime scene with victims fighting for their lives and federal SWAT teams stationed all around Capitol Hill, the President approached his White House lectern with a somber face. &nbsp;He properly reminded us that our military personnel can be in harm's way whether deployed or stationed here. &nbsp;Behind him was the human "wallpaper" we are accustomed to seeing at campaign events. &nbsp;Supporters of the president are brought in to smile, nod approvingly, and cheer whatever his initiative du jour. &nbsp;The scene was startlingly bizarre and tone-deaf, while the nation was gripped by the breaking news of another mass shooting on a military base. &nbsp;Within a few minutes, the president was on to the planned topic of the day--marking the 5-year anniversary of the 2008 financial meltdown, and blaming the GOP for the current Congressional stalemate. &nbsp;At the regularly scheduled White House briefing, press secretary Jay Carney was asked whether there had been any consideration of canceling what was obviously a political speech given the gravity of the situation of the Navy Yard. &nbsp;His answer was no. &nbsp;No discussion whatsoever? &nbsp;No one--not Valerie Jarrett, not Carney himself--thought this would be perceived as crass and heartless? &nbsp;In the end, the calculation must has been that it was more important that the President lambaste Republicans on&nbsp;</span><span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT462_com_zimbra_date" class="Object">Monday</span><span>, rather than simply provide needed words of assurance to our country. &nbsp;The Obama permanent campaign has become a permanent stain. &nbsp;Leadership requires a finely tuned sensibility to the needs and expectations of all his people, which Obama has demonstrated time and again he simply does not have.</span><span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</span></div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-the-Terrible,-the-Tone-deaf/-418008814794559815.htmlLaura2013-09-17T15:43:00ZAmnesty Update: Dead or dormant?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amnesty-Update:-Dead-or-dormant/-361579004175368973.html2013-09-17T15:40:00Z2013-09-17T15:40:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><div>Many of you who are either skeptical or downright opposed to immigration "reform" (i.e., amnesty), are probably thinking that Congress has too much on its plate to take this up again in the fall. &nbsp;Given the huge amount of money behind the pro-amnesty push (Facebook, La Raza, pro-business associations), it is highly unlikely that a few scheduling challenges, Syria, or the debt ceiling question will sideline the issue completely. &nbsp;Like the Swamp Monster, amnesty always comes back to threaten us--middle class wages, the rule of law--again. &nbsp;A terrific synopsis of where we stand (and why we should remain in the fight) in National Review:</div>
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<p style="padding-left: 60px;">"<a href="http://nationalreview.com/article/358654/gang-eight-not-dead-yet-andrew-stiles">[C]ontentious budget negotiations could</a> drain House leadership of the political capital needed to take up immigration reform, or, more specifically, to&nbsp;<span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT397_com_zimbra_url" class="Object"><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/article/353231/conservatives-conference-concerns-andrew-stiles" target="_blank">seek a compromise</a></span>&nbsp;with the Senate, which would be the only way to ensure that reform gets signed into law.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">The conservative base is highly skeptical about the Senate immigration bill, not least because they don&rsquo;t trust the Obama administration to uphold the proposed border-security and immigration-enforcement measures. The base is also deeply distrustful of House leadership, and fears it&rsquo;s about to get burned again by Republicans unwilling to put up a fight to defund Obamacare.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Whatever the outcome of the upcoming fights over government funding and the debt ceiling, the GOP&rsquo;s right flank is probably going to be disappointed in some respect, and certainly doesn&rsquo;t want to see an &ldquo;amnesty&rdquo; bill rushed through Congress on top of that. Several aides questioned whether House leaders would have the leverage to tackle immigration reform, and seek a conference with the Senate, after the dust settles. &ldquo;The more it looks like they&rsquo;re pissing off the base on [Obamacare], I think the less willing they&rsquo;ll be willing to piss off the base on immigration,&rdquo; one Republican aide tells NRO.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Opponents of the Gang of Eight bill remain cautious. They are fully aware of the<span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT398_com_zimbra_url" class="Object"><a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/companies-lay-off-thousands-then-demand-immigration-reform-for-new-labor/article/2535595" target="_blank">powerful interests</a></span>&nbsp;lined up behind the legislation, particularly the Big Business/Big Labor&nbsp;<span id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT399_com_zimbra_url" class="Object"><a href="http://nationalreview.com/article/357199/gang-eights-cant-cut-it-argument-andrew-stiles" target="_blank">alliance</a></span>, and don&rsquo;t expect the issue to fade away. &ldquo;As a long as a conference committee remains even a remote possibility, this thing isn&rsquo;t dead yet,&rdquo; says another GOP aide. &ldquo;The Republicans powers that be want this to pass, and aren&rsquo;t going to give up easily.&rdquo;&nbsp;</p>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amnesty-Update:-Dead-or-dormant/-361579004175368973.htmlLaura2013-09-17T15:40:00ZObama the Vulnerable...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-the-Vulnerable.../327378198084648866.html2013-09-12T20:17:00Z2013-09-12T20:17:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>If we were in a country with a parliamentary system, Barack Obama's own party leadership would oust him at this point. The Tories did it to Thatcher. And Obama ain't no Thatcher.&nbsp; But, alas, the Democrats in Congress have lashed themselves to Obama's mast for three more years. That will be a long cruise.&nbsp; Iceberg ahead! Wait, that's an ice flow!</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-the-Vulnerable.../327378198084648866.htmlLaura2013-09-12T20:17:00ZPower to the Plumber! Grassroots gunning for change in ColoradoLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Power-to-the-Plumber!--Grassroots-gunning-for-change-in-Colorado/-489550761462093056.html2013-09-11T23:47:00Z2013-09-11T23:47:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Whenever you get down, think you can't make a difference in state, local or national politics, you need to re-read the story of the 2013 Colorado state senate recall fight. Two Democrat senators--Angela Giron and John Morse--who helped pass stringent gun control measures over the will of the electorate--were sent packing this week because a few regular people cared enough to get involved. Gun control carpetbaggers like New York Mayor and perpetual scold Michael Bloomberg poured huge amounts of cash into the state to defeat the recall effort, but to no avail. Although they were out-spent 6 to 1, the grassroots organizers of the recall effort succeeded and two Republicans will now represent the people of Colorado Springs and Pueblo. They went door-to-door, ran phone banks, got neighbors talking to neighbors, and just plain worked harder at making their case. The man who unseated Morse, former Colorado Springs Councilman Bernie Herpin, told me in an interview that the state GOP did nothing to help. The party basically tried to pretend that the recall wasn't happening. Undoubtedly, the Republican Establishment in the state wanted to hedge its bets, and in the process failed once again to stand on principle, for the people's Second Amendment liberties. None of this dissuaded Victor Head, who headed up the effort to recall Giron. Head had never been involved in politics before, but had become fed up with how unresponsive his Colorado state senator was, and decided to do something about it. The 28-year-old plumber from Pueblo has a day job--he's a plumber. Sometimes in politics as in our homes, it takes a plumber to unclog the pipes, get things moving again. Power to the plumbers! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Power-to-the-Plumber!--Grassroots-gunning-for-change-in-Colorado/-489550761462093056.htmlLaura2013-09-11T23:47:00ZObama doesn't play chess, checkers--but he does golfLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-doesnt-play-chess,-checkers--but-he-does-golf/-728788177091217901.html2013-09-10T18:25:00Z2013-09-10T18:25:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Russian president Vladimir Putin s doing what every good chess player does. He makes a move, but not before knowing what his next three moves are going to be. He looks at the board and games out strategy to anticipate his opponent's moves and set himself on a path to victory. President Obama has the opposite approach. He and his team make moves on the fly, reactively and rashly. Strategy is an after-thought. Today Putin is capitalizing on Obama's lack of experience in the Syrian mess, which allows the Russian leader to stem the bleeding at home, where he remains an unpopular but feared figure. Think about what transpired in 24 hours. Putin jumps in to offer to "help" secure Syria's chemical weapons stockpile yesterday after John Kerry opened the door to the prospect in off-hand comments. The president had to quickly re-orient his remarks in six television interviews, where he attempted to spin it all as some diplomatic victory for himself. Then on Tuesday, Putin, seeing a weakened, compromised U.S. president, lit up the chessboard like Boris Spassky. Who knew that we elected Putin as our Commander-in-Chief? <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/middle-east-north-africa/321373-putin-syria-plan-wont-work-unless-us-renounces-strikes" target="_blank">Read all about it</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-doesnt-play-chess,-checkers--but-he-does-golf/-728788177091217901.htmlLaura2013-09-10T18:25:00ZI smell a McCain-Obama Syria deal...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/I-smell-a-McCain-Obama-Syria-deal.../890526264938921755.html2013-09-08T22:10:00Z2013-09-08T22:10:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Conservatives should reject any deal where we support the war in exchange for more military spending. We need to be shrinking the size of the federal government, not expanding it. <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/budget-appropriations/320879-mckeon-id-vote-for-syria-action-if-sequestration-fixed" target="_blank">So this guy is wrong</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/I-smell-a-McCain-Obama-Syria-deal.../890526264938921755.htmlLaura2013-09-08T22:10:00ZPolitico is freaking: Obama is losing political capitalLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Politico-is-freaking:-Obama-is-losing-political-capital/-433454698507263902.html2013-09-05T17:23:00Z2013-09-05T17:23:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/obamas-political-capital-spreads-thin-96306.html" target="_blank">Let's hope they're right</a>. We don't want Obama/Schumer/LaRaza to win the immigration amnesty fight. We don't want more Obamacare implementation. We don't want more climate change nonsense. So to the extent that he is weakened on the domestic front, I'll take it. <br /><br /> And for my conservative friends, I say we must insist on answers to simple questions: HOW MUCH WILL THIS WAR COST? HOW DOES SPEAKER BOEHNER PLAN TO PAY FOR IT? Because if the answer involves higher taxes or a higher budget deficit, we deserve to know now. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Politico-is-freaking:-Obama-is-losing-political-capital/-433454698507263902.htmlLaura2013-09-05T17:23:00ZThe answer to the "isolationist" charge...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-answer-to-the-isolationist-charge.../-244852958033773668.html2013-09-04T11:51:00Z2013-09-04T11:51:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>My neo-conservative friends, who are providing air cover for President Obama on this issue, have no problem strafing fellow conservatives who are not gung-ho about yet another military campaign in the Gulf. &nbsp;They drop charges of isolationism" as rhetorical bombs, much like liberals use the charge of&nbsp;"racism" to cut down any criticism of the modern day civil rights establishment. &nbsp;George&nbsp;Will, Pat Buchanan and the late Bob Novak were all major skeptics of the Iraq War (unlike myself) and were all labeled "isolationists" by the Bush inner circle. &nbsp;Not surprisingly, among the best things written about the president's attempt to rope Congress into his Syrian adventure, comes from <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-obama-seeks-an-accomplice-for-syria-action/2013/09/03/675e4f74-14be-11e3-a100-66fa8fd9a50c_story.html">Will</a>:</p>
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<p>Many Republicans are reluctant to begin yet another military intervention in a distant and savage civil war. Other Republicans, whose appetite for such interventions has not been satiated by recent feasts of failure, will brand reluctance as &ldquo;isolationism.&rdquo; Reluctant Republicans can invoke Dwight Eisenhower.</p>
He, who in 1961 enriched America&rsquo;s lexicon with the phrase &ldquo;<a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/01/17/132942244/ikes-warning-of-military-expansion-50-years-later">military-industrial complex</a>,&rdquo; sought the presidency in 1952 to prevent its capture by what he considered an isolationist, or at least insufficiently internationalist, Republican faction represented by &ldquo;Mr. Republican,&rdquo;&nbsp;<a href="http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/generic/People_Leaders_Taft.htm">Ohio Sen. Robert Taft</a>. Yet after one look as president-elect at&nbsp;<a href="http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/research/online_documents/korean_war.html">the front line in Korea</a>, Eisenhower ended that war. To advisers urging intervention on France&rsquo;s behalf in Vietnam, he said (this from his memoirs): &ldquo;Employment of airstrikes alone to support French troops in the jungle would create a double jeopardy: it would comprise an act of war and would also entail the risk of having intervened and lost.&rdquo; He was not an interventionist regarding the 1956 Hungarian revolution, and he not only refused to support the 1956 British-French-Israeli attack on Egypt, he ruthlessly forced its termination. About his&nbsp;<a href="http://history.state.gov/milestones/1953-1960/EisenhowerDoctrine">brief and tranquil intervention in Lebanon</a>, he wrote: &ldquo;I had been careful to use [about U.S. forces] the term &lsquo;stationed in&rsquo; Lebanon.&rdquo;
<p>&nbsp;Obama&rsquo;s sanctimony about his moral superiority to a Congress he considers insignificant has matched his hypocrisy regarding his diametrically opposed senatorial and presidential understandings of the proper modalities regarding uses of military force. Now he asks from the Congress he disdains an authorization he considers superfluous. By asking, however reluctantly, he begins the urgent task of lancing the boil of executive presumption. Surely he understands the perils of being denied an authorization he has sought, and then treating the denial as irrelevant.</p>
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</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-answer-to-the-isolationist-charge.../-244852958033773668.htmlLaura2013-09-04T11:51:00ZShould congress give presidents--esp. Obama--a blank check to bomb?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Should-congress-give-presidents--esp.-Obama--a-blank-check-to-bomb/-310086997506495004.html2013-09-02T19:45:00Z2013-09-02T19:45:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Our old friend Bill Kristol of the Weekly Standard posts ("<a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/congressional-republicans-hail-ceaser_751563.html" target="_blank">Congressional Republicans: All hail Ceaser!</a>)" an excerpt from an essay by James Ceaser of the University of Virginia on the upcoming Syria vote. Ceaser argues, and Kristol agrees, that Republicans should support a resolution authorizing the use of military force against Syria because to do otherwise would harm President Obama's credibility, and thus U.S. credibility. Despite his foreign policy "blunders, fecklessness, arrogance, or naivet&eacute;...the nation and our allies will be at further risk if the world sees a presidency that is weakened...." One of the more astounding lines: "The weaker the president&rsquo;s credibility on the world scene, the more the need to swallow and do what will not weaken it further. President Obama is the only president we have. That remains the overriding fact." Gee, thanks for clarifying. <br /><br /> If the standard is "We have to support the President so he won't be weak on the world stage," then what's the point of an opposition party? And if this is such a great idea, why didn't the Founders just give the President authority to support military action anytime and anywhere? Obviously, the Founders believed that it was important for Congress to keep an eye on the President's military adventures. Remember that under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution, Congress may "raise and support Armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years." The obvious purpose of this provision is to make sure that President would have to seek Congressional approval for the Army's budget at least once every two years. And that means that the Founders did not intend to give the President a blank check on military issues, but intended to make sure that he could only spend money that Congress had given him. So the notion that Congress should do whatever the President wants in matters of foreign policy &ndash; just because he's the President &ndash; plainly contradicts the governing scheme laid out in the Constitution. <br /><br /> Instead of rolling over and doing whatever the President wants, members should make up their own mind about what is best for the Country &ndash; that's what they were elected to do. Maybe this means that the rest of the world has to get used to an America that doesn't bomb people so quickly as it once did. But given the mess we are in, and the disasters that resulted from the old bombing policy, that might be a very good thing. Remember: the power and resources of the United States are the sole creation of the American people, who made all the money that makes it possible for American politicians to fret and strut upon the world stage. American power should be used solely for the benefit of the American people, not to make folks in Washington feel important. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Should-congress-give-presidents--esp.-Obama--a-blank-check-to-bomb/-310086997506495004.htmlLaura2013-09-02T19:45:00ZLiberals claim conservatives indifferent to black woes as Dem policies failLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Liberals-claim-conservatives-indifferent-to-black-woes-as-Dem-policies-fail/-3712290047240345.html2013-08-29T17:29:00Z2013-08-29T17:29:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Are the lives of middle class and poor Americans improving? Most Americans think we're "going in the wrong direction." Economic insecurity is still prevalent. How did we get here? It's a complicated question, but let's examine part of what President Obama said in his <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/transcript-president-obamas-speech-on-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-march-on-washington/2013/08/28/0138e01e-0ffb-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story_3.html" target="_blank">speech</a> commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech: <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">"Since 1963 the economy's changed. <br /><br /> "The twin forces of technology and global competition have subtracted those jobs that once provided a foothold into the middle class, reduced the bargaining power of American workers. <br /><br /> "And our politics has suffered. Entrenched interests -- those who benefit from an unjust status quo resisted any government efforts to give working families a fair deal, marshaling an army of lobbyists and opinion makers to argue that minimum wage increases or stronger labor laws or taxes on the wealthy who could afford it just to fund crumbling schools -- that all these things violated sound economic principles. <br /><br /> "We'd be told that growing inequality was the price for a growing economy, a measure of the free market -- that greed was good and compassion ineffective, and those without jobs or health care had only themselves to blame. <br /><br /> "And then there were those elected officials who found it useful to practice the old politics of division, doing their best to convince middle-class Americans of a great untruth, that government was somehow itself to blame for their growing economic insecurity -- that distant bureaucrats were taking their hard-earned dollars to benefit the welfare cheat or the illegal immigrant."</div>
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<br /><br />To me, that passage sounds as though the entire conservative position on domestic policy is just a fraud cooked up by "entrenched interests" and "elected officials who found it useful to practice the old politics of division," who marshaled "an army of lobbyists and opinion makers" to "convince middle-class Americans of a great untruth." At no point in this section does Obama admit that there might be people who sincerely believe, based on their own study of the evidence, that a smaller government might be good for the country. And this goes to the fact that Obama &ndash; and a lot of other Democrats &ndash; now hate the Red States so much that it is interfering with their ability to look out for the interests of all of us. Obama is supposed to be the President of the whole country, but he tends to treat the Red States as conquered provinces that shouldn't have any say in what happens. And I think one of the reasons he acts this way is that he doesn't believe that a person can be a conservative and also be a person of good faith. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Liberals-claim-conservatives-indifferent-to-black-woes-as-Dem-policies-fail/-3712290047240345.htmlLaura2013-08-29T17:29:00ZConservative versus liberal blacks on MLKLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Conservative-versus-liberal-blacks-on-MLK/-127947919767507029.html2013-08-27T16:57:00Z2013-08-27T16:57:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This is sad and tragic, and turns a civil rights legacy into a political dividing line. &nbsp;Rev. King was a family man, and would undoubtedly be heartbroken to see what has happened to the American family across all ethnic and racial lines, but particularly, the black family. No one can say with certainty what Rev. King would say about particular policies, but it's a stretch to conclude that he would believe that passing Obamacare was part of a modern day "civil rights" struggle. &nbsp;Or that passing amnesty, a policy that will only drive down wages for the poor and middle class, is part of a 21st century "dream." &nbsp;Or that securing the right to abortion on demand was what he was dreaming of in 1963. &nbsp; Millions of black children lost their lives in the post-King era, not due to police brutality or "stand your ground," but because of a culture of death (abortion) and a culture of crime (often gang and drug-related). &nbsp;Consider the reporting of <a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/news/318869-conservative-blacks-irritated-with-liberal-flavor-of-march-anniversary" target="_blank">The Hill</a>:<br /><br />
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<div class="indent">Mia Love, the Republican mayor of Saratoga Springs, Utah, is black and was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. She contends that modern-day civil rights activists, in league with the Democratic Party, de-incentivize personal responsibility and economic independence. <br /><br />&ldquo;I believe Dr. King would be saddened by the way that some of these leaders are telling Americans that they are victims and their only hope for a better future is a government handout,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It does nothing but keep black Americans dependent.&rdquo; Herman Cain, who sought the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, told The Hill that if King were alive today, &ldquo;he would say congratulations on the progress that you have made as a nation and that black people have made in the last 50 years.&rdquo; &ldquo;But he would also say shame on you as a nation for where you have lost ground,&rdquo; said Cain, who pointed to rising racial tensions and several downward trend lines. <br /><br />&ldquo;We have lost ground, especially black people, on the number of people graduating from high school. We have lost ground, black people, on babies born out of wedlock. We have lost ground, a bit, on racial tension: I don&rsquo;t think it is as bad as the 50s and 60s but the flames have been fanned by some of the things in the media,&rdquo; he said.</div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Conservative-versus-liberal-blacks-on-MLK/-127947919767507029.htmlLaura2013-08-27T16:57:00ZThe truth about claims of our 'shrinking' trade deficitLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-truth-about--claims-of-our-shrinking-trade-deficit/-283277477357276968.html2013-08-22T16:45:00Z2013-08-22T16:45:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Obama Administration announced today that our trade deficit in June had shrunk to $34.2 billion. Woo-hoo! Right? Well, not so fast. This mainly reflects a decline in petroleum imports. Through the first six months of 2012, our trade deficit in manufactured goods was $211.3 billion. Through the first six months of 2013, our trade deficit in manufactured goods was $204.7 billion. So that number has barely moved. (It's moved even less if you consider only China. In the first half of 2012, our trade deficit in manufactured goods with China was $157.4 billion. In the first half of 2013, it was $157.2 billion.) <br /><br /> Oh, and do you remember President Obama's goal of <a href="http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/08/in-2010-obama-promised-to-double-exports-in-5-years-a-completely-unrealistic-goal-except-for-petroleum-products/" target="_blank">doubling U.S. exports</a> from January 2010 to January 2015? (If you don't remember, don't worry &ndash; the Administration doesn't talk much about this goal anymore.) Anyway, they're not going to make it, <a href="http://www.boston.com/2013/08/03/obama-likely-miss-goal-doubling-exports/J9t611rFxpiXZixj9b55VL/story.html" target="_blank"> according to most respected analysts</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-truth-about--claims-of-our-shrinking-trade-deficit/-283277477357276968.htmlLaura2013-08-22T16:45:00ZMore ties between Boehner & Senate amnesty advocatesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-ties-between-Boehner--Senate-amnesty-advocates/926961930127758956.html2013-08-22T00:50:00Z2013-08-22T00:50:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>After the 2014 elections, House conservatives have to think very seriously about <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/356401/boehner-super-pac-aides-push-senate-immigration-bill-jonathan-strong" target="_blank">how much power</a> they want to give to folks like Boehner, Cantor, and Ryan.<br /><br />If Big Business is going to keep trying to hurt conservatives, then we need to find ways to get leverage against them. We should start with trade &ndash; conservatives could work with some Congressional Democrats to insist on a much tougher trade policy. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-ties-between-Boehner--Senate-amnesty-advocates/926961930127758956.htmlLaura2013-08-22T00:50:00ZAmnesty Cramnesty: Eric Cantor's 'gateway' Dreamer billLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amnesty-Cramnesty:-Eric-Cantors-gateway-Dreamer-bill/646649638991196505.html2013-08-19T12:15:00Z2013-08-19T12:15:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>You've heard about "gateway drugs"? Well, now we have gateway amnesty. Consider the GOP's desperate move to give legislative approval to Obama's "deferred action" for "Dreamers." In June 2012, the President, by executive fiat, ordered ICE to stop deportations of illegals under 30. He made essentially all of them eligible for "deferred status," and thus legally allowed to work, go to school, and remain in the U.S. To date, almost 450,000 have been granted this provisional legal status--a whopping 98.3 percent of all who applied received the reprieve from deportation. (What rigorous background and documentation checks!) <br /><br /> Amidst the larger debate regarding "comprehensive immigration reform," some Republicans have thrown off their old opposition to Obama's "dreamer deferral," and now embrace letting "the (illegal) kids" stay in the U.S. <br /><br /> These pro-amnesty House GOPers (led by Reps. Eric Cantor &amp; Paul Ryan) could be setting us up through this smaller legislative vehicle. Andrew Stiles of NRO has an <a href="http://nationalreview.com/article/356111/kids-acts-risks-andrew-stiles" target="_blank">interesting take</a>:<br /><br />
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<div class="indent">One specific concern is that the Gang&rsquo;s supporters may attempt to use the Kids Act, a legislative proposal from House majority leader Eric Cantor that would offer a path to citizenship for young illegal immigrants brought to the country as children, as the basis for a grand bargain. Additionally, the Gang&rsquo;s critics worry that even a limited legalization for young illegal immigrants could give President Obama an opportunity to secure a broader legalization via executive action. <br /><br /> Although the bill has not been formally introduced, the Kids Act would likely resemble the DREAM Act, legislation that would provide legal status to U.S. residents who entered the country illegally before a certain age and meet certain requirements. The House Judiciary Committee held a hearing last month on the subject of so-called DREAMers, in which a number of Republicans, including committee chairman Bob Goodlatte (Va.) and Representative Trey Gowdy (S.C.), signaled support for legalizing young illegal immigrants. Passing such a bill would, in the eyes of some in the GOP, counteract accusations that Republicans are hostile to immigrants and allow Republicans to stake out a favorable middle ground between supporting the Gang of Eight bill and opposing immigration reform of any kind.</div>
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<br />... if the Kids Act is ultimately approved and becomes part of the package of small immigration proposals Republicans plan to put forward, and if House leaders decide to enter negotiations with the Gang of Eight, some think the act could provide a foundation for a much broader legalization bill." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amnesty-Cramnesty:-Eric-Cantors-gateway-Dreamer-bill/646649638991196505.htmlLaura2013-08-19T12:15:00ZOregon's "immigrant values" includes "barbaric" cockfighting ringsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Oregons-immigrant-values-includes-barbaric-cockfighting-rings/763789698809549682.html2013-08-16T18:41:00Z2013-08-16T18:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>A gambling ring run by a woman from the Romanian royal family has been broken up and 18 suspects arrested in northern Oregon. No information regarding the immigration status of the offenders, but here is an <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/08/16/5655934/romanian-princess-indicted-in.html" target="_blank">excerpt</a> from the Oregonian newspaper: <br /><br /> "Besides being a barbaric practice, cockfighting jeopardizes public health and safety and facilitates the commission of other criminal acts," said U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall, Oregon's top federal prosecutor. The "fairly large-scale cockfighting venture" also supported illegal gambling, she said. <br /><br /> A referee supervised the fights as concessionaires sold beer and food, and those managing the action took a 10 percent "house" cut, prosecutors allege. <br /><br /> John and Irina Walker [described as a "Romanian princess"] -- along with Irrigon neighbors David Sanchez, 29, and Aurelia Garcia Mendoza, 33, and Hermiston friends Mario "El Cuba" Perez, 62, and Jose Luis Virgen Ramirez, 48 -- were charged with operating an illegal gambling business and unlawful animal fighting ventures at the Walkers' Morrow County ranch. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Oregons-immigrant-values-includes-barbaric-cockfighting-rings/763789698809549682.htmlLaura2013-08-16T18:41:00Z8 points to consider about the Anxiety States of AmericaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/8-points-to-consider-about-the-Anxiety-States-of-America/457337078200727073.html2013-08-16T18:26:00Z2013-08-16T18:26:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://mobile.thehill.com/homenews/senate/317149-poll-majority-oppose-more-foreign-workers-under-immigration-reform-" target="_blank"></a>
<p>The new Gallup Poll is showing that only 22 percent of the country thinks things are going in the right direction.&nbsp; What explains this?&nbsp; Political dissatisfaction is a big part of it.&nbsp; Washington seems either uninterested or incapable of enacting policies that will help make our lives better (and) more prosperous.&nbsp; The overall sense that we are in a time of great moral decay is also at play.&nbsp; Consider the following points:</p>
<p>1.&nbsp; People are dissatisfied because, by almost any measure, the outlook for the country is quite grim.&nbsp; It now seems clear that we are not returning to what we used to think of as "normal" growth rates any time soon, and our influence in the world continues to weaken by the day.&nbsp; Nevertheless, our elites remain largely committed to the same terrible policies that got us into this mess.</p>
<p>2.&nbsp; People are angry about the economy, and suspicious that the people who run the country don't really care very much about the average American.&nbsp; This is a time that cries out for a leader who can reach the average person.&nbsp; But while President Obama can be very charming, he is clearly no populist.&nbsp; On almost every issue, he goes along with whatever the rich folks on the East Coast and in Silicon Valley want &ndash; even if it means lower living standards for the average person.</p>
<p>3.&nbsp; The Obama Administration has looked particularly feckless in August, with a President, who is basically checked out, and events in countries like Egypt rapidly spinning out of control.</p>
<p>4.&nbsp; During 2012, President Obama benefited from the fact that his voters wanted to believe that things were getting better.&nbsp; Now that the election is over, a lot of those people are being a lot more honest about how bad things are.</p>
<p>5.&nbsp; Of course people don't feel secure &ndash; no one can feel secure in an economy where so many people have lost their jobs, and where wages basically never go up.&nbsp; That's why it's a mistake for both Democrats and Republicans to be supporting open-border policies that will allow businesses to use immigrants to drive down wages any further.</p>
<p>6.&nbsp; I think Obama could survive the scandals if the economy were booming.&nbsp; But when the economic news is so grim, everything else looks worse.</p>
<p>7.&nbsp; I think a lot of folks on the left think the country is immoral.&nbsp; (We don't recycle enough, we burn too much fossil fuels, we don't offer free abortion services.)&nbsp; And I think a lot of folks on the right think this country is immoral.&nbsp; (The breakdown of the family, the abortion culture, promiscuity.)&nbsp; We are basically at an impasse on a lot of the moral issues, and some battle-weariness sets in after awhile.&nbsp; Still, if the economy were doing well, those cultural problems wouldn't seem so bad.</p>
<p>8.&nbsp; The tone of the country is a symptom, not a cause.&nbsp; When your leadership is incompetent, and most policy decisions are made by a bi-partisan establishment that doesn't know what it's doing, one would expect the tone of debate within the country to be quite harsh and negative.&nbsp; On the other hand, if the country showed some real improvement, I think you'd see the tone brighten up considerably.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/8-points-to-consider-about-the-Anxiety-States-of-America/457337078200727073.htmlLaura2013-08-16T18:26:00ZPoll: Strong maj. oppose more foreign workers in immig. reformLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Poll:-Strong-maj.-oppose-more-foreign-workers-in-immig.-reform/-655753455227306456.html2013-08-15T11:45:00Z2013-08-15T11:45:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://mobile.thehill.com/homenews/senate/317149-poll-majority-oppose-more-foreign-workers-under-immigration-reform-" target="_blank">A new poll</a> by Pulse Opinion Research surveyed 1,000 likely voters and found what should have already been obvious to our pro-immmigration reform pols all along. A solid sixty percent of voters oppose permitting more foreign labor in the U.S., which is currently allowed under the Senate "comprehensive reform" bill. Within the 1200-page bill is a pathway for approximately 20 million new foreign workers to come here over the next decade. <br /><br /> Anxiety of voters rests in the well-founded concern about flat-lining wages and the still miserably high U.S. unemployment and under-employment. <br /><br /> As for the supposed "labor shortage" quandary that businesses find themselves in today, The Hill reports: <br /><br /> "When asked what employers should do if they have trouble finding U.S. citizens to fill various jobs, 71 percent said they should raise pay levels to attract more candidates. Only ten percent said employers should bring in immigrant workers to keep costs down. <br /><br /> &ldquo;The public, while having some sympathy for some amnesty under all those very tough conditions, isn&rsquo;t interested at all in increasing immigration and increasing the level of foreign workers,&rdquo; said Roy Beck, the executive director of NumbersUSA. <br /><br /> &ldquo;The business community has put hundreds of millions of dollars into trying to get these immigration increases through because it really goes against the basic thoughts and nature of the American voters,&rdquo; he added." <br /><br /> No matter how much money Mark Zuckerberg and pals spend to lobby Congress, and on fancy ad campaigns, they can't lobby past the common sense of the American people. We see through your silly hoodie and right through your relationship of convenience with Rep. Paul Ryan. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Poll:-Strong-maj.-oppose-more-foreign-workers-in-immig.-reform/-655753455227306456.htmlLaura2013-08-15T11:45:00ZThe desperate new attempt to sell amnesty--the farmers!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-desperate-new-attempt-to-sell-amnesty--the-farmers!/-918869048106133206.html2013-08-14T14:36:00Z2013-08-14T14:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/08/13/fixing-our-broken-immigration-system-economic-case-agricultural-industry" target="_blank">Watch the latest</a> White House ploy to sell "immigration reform." The argument is that without this cheap, foreign, often times illegal labor, American farmers will be an endangered species, conjuring up the fear that crops will rot in the fields, grocery store shelves will be empty, Americans will starve. <br /><br /> Regarding the White House pitch, note that amazingly, once the supply of illegal aliens was cut off, the farmer was forced to pay more money to his employees. Since most of them were quitting after three days, presumably he should have been paying them even more. So this example proves what we've been saying -- allowing illegal immigrants to flood into this country depresses wages and hurts American workers. <br /><br /> Now, the guy claims that without the illegal aliens, his small farm might go under. Let's think about that for awhile: <br /><br /> Imagine two farmers. One is very efficient, and the other is less efficient. The first farmer invests in new and improved machinery, and maintains a small but legal workforce. The second farmer is only able to remain competitive because he is using illegal workers. <br /><br /> If the supply of illegal workers is cut off, the second farmer may be forced to sell his acreage to his more efficient neighbor. But this is not a bad or unfair result at all -- if you can't compete within the rules, you shouldn't be in the game. I am very confident that there are farmers who know enough about agriculture to make a profit without breaking the law -- and those are the farmers we should care about. <br /><br /> This logic applies to all aspects of the U.S. economy. If one contractor can make a profit using legal workers; he shouldn't have to lose sales or profits to a guy who undercuts him with illegal workers. If one software company can make a profit using legal engineers; it shouldn't lose sales or profits to another company that's using illegal workers. By strictly enforcing our immigration laws, the U.S. government will ensure that all businesses compete on the same playing field -- and that no one gets an unfair advantage by breaking the law. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-desperate-new-attempt-to-sell-amnesty--the-farmers!/-918869048106133206.htmlLaura2013-08-14T14:36:00ZYour last chance to stand for America, stop amnestyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Your-last-chance-to-stand-for-America,-stop-amnesty/116431425856136985.html2013-08-12T11:50:00Z2013-08-12T11:50:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Blogger Mickey Kaus reminds amnesty opponents that they need to make noise this month or we'll get amnesty! Don't let our elected officials translate a moment of constituent silence into a belief that you approve of a pathway to citizenship to 15 million illegal aliens, or the importation of tens of millions of new foreign workers. Here's <a href="http://t.co/rADVtRMKpU" target="_blank">Numbers USA</a> site that lists townhalls across America. The other side may have Facebook on their side, we have the principles of sovereignty and the rule of law on ours. Rep. Paul Ryan should be pummeled with questions about why he supports making it easier to replace American workers with cheaper foreign workers and why he is more interested in courting Mark Zuckerberg than conservative voters.<br />
<p>Call your Congressmen and tell them to kill the failed immigration reform in the House.</p>
Rep. Aaron Schock 309-671-7027<br />Rep. Daniel Webster 407-654-5705<br />Rep. Paul Ryan 608-752-4050 <a href="tel:%28608%29%20752-4050" target="_blank"><br /></a> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Your-last-chance-to-stand-for-America,-stop-amnesty/116431425856136985.htmlLaura2013-08-12T11:50:00ZLate Night with Barack ObamaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Late-Night-with-Barack-Obama/-90842195236220280.html2013-08-08T18:48:00Z2013-08-08T18:48:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>The same week our government took the unprecedented action of shuttering 19 of our embassies in response to what we've been told was a serious and credible threat of terrorism, the president sat down with funny man Jay Leno. &nbsp;Bypassing the White House press corps, he used the popular late-night show to make his first public comments on the new global terror threat. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Of course Jay Leno is an entertainer and a darned good one--his job isn't to ask the logical follow-ups: &nbsp;"Wait, during the election, you said al Qaeda was on the run." &nbsp;or "Are these embassy closings an over-reaction, spurred by lingering questions over your handling of Benghazi?" &nbsp;</p>
<p>The President also spoke about Russia's potential mistreatment of gays at the Olympics and Edward Snowden.&nbsp;&nbsp;By choosing so sit with Leno, whose job is to entertain, not grill elected officials, the president knew he wouldn't be asked about our failed reset with Russia or about why a contractor like Snowden ever had access to this information in the first place.&nbsp;</p>
<p>If they weren't still so enamored with Mr. Obama, Washington journalists would be kicking up a huge fuss about this. The president has submitted to fewer press conferences than every president since Reagan. &nbsp;In his first term, George W. Bush had done 89, Clinton 133, and Obama only 89. &nbsp;</p>
<p>Fact is, President Obama never stopped being in campaign mode. &nbsp;It's the one thing he does really well. Shall we look forward to another "slow jam with Jimmy Fallon" during the debt ceiling debate? &nbsp;Anything he says in this forum ends up being trivialized, part of a non-stop celebu-tainment industry that dumbs down serious issues and insulates the president from proper journalistic inquiry. &nbsp;</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Late-Night-with-Barack-Obama/-90842195236220280.htmlLaura2013-08-08T18:48:00ZHigh time to dump liberal news outfits from GOP debatesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/High-time-to-dump-liberal-news-outfits-from-GOP-debates/470689600761038597.html2013-08-06T12:01:00Z2013-08-06T12:01:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>So according Quinnipiac, Chris Christie is the "hottest politician" in America, narrowly besting Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. But pay no attention to that poll, because to the Hollywood and New York set, the former First Lady is still the hottest commodity out there, at least if their production schedule says anything about it. <br /><br /> NBC--whose cable network is a 24 hr commercial for the DNC--is planning a four-hour mini-series titled simply "Hillary," starring Diane Lane as Mrs. Clinton. It will focus only on the life of Mrs. Clinton from 1998 to the present. So, not a lot on Monica, Travelgate, no Vince Foster, no Rose Law Firm, no Web Hubbell. (Kind of like a biopic called NIXON, that ends with Nixon's first trip to China.) In an effort to reassure, NBC points out that its entertainment and news divisions operate in total independence of one another. The CNN project is being directed by Academy Award winning documentarian Charles Ferguson. Anticipating charges of bias, CNN says its film unit operates separately from its editorial department. A theatrical run in 2014 is planned before it runs on the network in 2015. Oh, and let's not forget the feature film about the former First Lady called "Rodham," by the producers of the popular "Twilight" saga. This will focus on her early professional years, including her time as a House Judiciary Committee staffer during Watergate. <br /><br /> Overkill? Not for the coastal elites in journalism and entertainment who never stopped loving the Clintons. <br /><br /> Does anyone think any GOP candidate will get his own theatrical release? We won't be hearing about films like "Rand &amp; Deliver" or "MARCO: From Cuba with Love" or "The Bush Dynasty: A Legacy of Service"? Of course not. <br /><br /> On Monday the chairman of the Republican National Committee, Reince Priebus, sent letters to CNN and NBC asking them to cancel their projects about the former secretary of state, who we all know is running for president. Priebus says that if these odes to Mrs. Clinton are not nixed, he will recommend that the RNC not partner with NBC News or CNN for primary debates once the 2016 election season begins. Good. It's about time the RNC does something the grassroots can cheer. We may not be able to force the news and entertainment business to be even-handed, but why must conservatives continue to allow them to control primary debates, where "moderator" questions usually sound like they are written by MoveOn.org staffers. Plus, let's not forget that Fox News wasn't part of the Democrats last primary debate season in 2008. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/High-time-to-dump-liberal-news-outfits-from-GOP-debates/470689600761038597.htmlLaura2013-08-06T12:01:00ZIllegal alien crime & the great media coverupLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Illegal-alien-crime--the-great-media-coverup/-270011192971615727.html2013-07-25T16:40:00Z2013-07-25T16:40:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>While major, heinous crimes committed by illegal aliens occur every day in the U.S. (<a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/more-than-a-dozen-illegal-aliens-gang-raped-13-year-old-girl-texas" target="_blank">recent gang rape</a> of a 13-year-old girl in Texas), the media and pro-immigration reform pols have their sites trained on one comment made by Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa). The gist of his comments were that for every valedictorian who's illegally here, there are 100 others trying to smuggle drugs across the border. (he added they had "calves the size of cantaloupes from hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the border.) He received swift condemnation from both sides of the aisle, including our Republican Speaker of the House and Majority Leader. (For their criticism of King, both men received favorable mentions in a new <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/07/24/205232244/king-wing-presents-both-a-problem-and-an-opportunity-for-gop?ft=1&amp;f=1014" target="_blank">NPR story</a> about King and a "GOP opportunity".) I wouldn't have worded my problem with the "DREAM Act" as King did, but the fact is, he exposed a familiar tactic of the open-borders crowd--cite gleaming examples of successful young illegals, while ignoring the indisputable truth about serious crimes our country continues to endure at the hands of young, mostly male, illegals. It isn't a wild leap of logic to say that most reporters don't press for information regarding suspects' immigration status, because most reporters are pro-amnesty. They know that publicizing these crimes would make the public more skeptical about the current immigration reform efforts in Congress. Consider <a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/id/52501106/ns/local_news-birmingham_al/t/mexican-man-arrested-connection-rape-helena-teen/#.UfFC0dJJPB8" target="_blank">this story</a> about yet another rape of a young teen in Alabama--note the suspect only referred to as a "Mexican man." I will say what few others will: there is a massive cover-up underway across "mainstream" media outlets regarding the viciousness and frequency of crimes committed by illegal immigrants. Rep. Steve King may be "over the top" at times in his phrasing, but what's truly offensive is when journalists (and politicians) shade the truth to push their own open-borders agenda--leaving hard-working Americans more vulnerable and less safe. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Illegal-alien-crime--the-great-media-coverup/-270011192971615727.htmlLaura2013-07-25T16:40:00ZMcCain is trying to help Obama some moreLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/McCain-is-trying-to-help-Obama-some-more/-4501781359049856.html2013-07-21T20:02:00Z2013-07-21T20:02:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I wish John McCain had done this during his reelection bid in 2010. Back in 2010, McCain spent all his time trying to convince the voters of Arizona that he was a true blue conservative. Yet three years later, he has become a critical player on Obama's stage, helping liberals on everything from immigration reform to his Syria policy. So why should any of us be surprised that <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/07/21/2333201/mccain-praises-obamas-race-speech-weve-still-got-a-long-way-to-go-on-race-relations/?mobile=nc" target="_blank">he is now part</a> of the president's attempt to use the Trayvon Martin shooting to distract and divert attention away from the critical problem in our country--a dearth of jobs and a contracting middle class? It is detestable and the voters of Arizona should not be fooled again should he decide to run yet again in 2016. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/McCain-is-trying-to-help-Obama-some-more/-4501781359049856.htmlLaura2013-07-21T20:02:00ZImmigration lessons from across the pondLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-lessons-from-across-the-pond/-519917976389115961.html2013-07-19T17:52:00Z2013-07-19T17:52:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Fraser Nelson writes about Britain's "immigration problem," from the perspective of someone who supports immigration but sees what his country's addiction to cheap foreign labor has diverted from its need to reform welfare and improve education so that the standard of living for working class Brits stays on a track of improvement, not stagnation. There are some important parallels with our current rush to legalize millions of illegals and to import millions of foreign workers during a period of such high unemployment. GOP leaders John Boehner, Eric Cantor and Paul Ryan are desperate to have the House agree to some bill that gets them to conference with the Senate. Perhaps reading <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/immigration/10188220/We-have-to-wean-the-country-off-the-drug-of-immigration.html" target="_blank">this piece</a> would temper their excitement about the prospect. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-lessons-from-across-the-pond/-519917976389115961.htmlLaura2013-07-19T17:52:00ZPro-amnesty crowd pushes back on wages issueLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pro-amnesty-crowd-pushes-back-on-wages-issue/-779092019558429402.html2013-07-17T16:02:00Z2013-07-17T16:02:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The open-borders guys are finally trying to push back on the wage issue, but this is pretty weak from <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/353582/immigration-and-wages-douglas-holtz-eakin" target="_blank">Douglas Holt-Eakin</a>: <br /><br /> Basically, his response is: well, wages won't go down very much. Here's an idea: let's adopt policies where wages actually go up, and reject policies where the CBO tells us that wages will fall. <br /><br /> He also says "{e}ven a minimal impact cannot be blamed on earned legalization or a more rational visa system." But that's exactly what the CBO did &ndash; they found that passing this bill would lower wages. <br /><br /> Then he says the problem is that we're not saving enough. Well, then maybe we should address the savings problem, instead of seeking to bring in lots more workers. In any event, the CBO said that the problem was passing the Senate bill, not the savings rate. <br /><br /> And finally, he says, wages will be higher by 2033, so the "supposed attack on the middle class is both ephemeral and temporary." In other words, "we're only driving down your wages for 10 years &ndash; that's just a 'temporary' problem." It's not a temporary problem for anyone who's going too old to keep working by 2023. <br /><br /> Of course, the whole post is dressed up with the usual happy talk: "job-creating investor immigrants," "a workable agricultural and temporary worker program," "good for growth and incomes." Again, the CBO looked at the bill, and determined that it would drive down wages for the next 10 years. But as usual with the open-borders crowd, when faced with facts they simply retreat into their fantasies. They're more interested in how the economy should work according to their theories, then in how it actually works in real life. <br /><br /> And check out the comments, where Eakin is just being excoriated. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pro-amnesty-crowd-pushes-back-on-wages-issue/-779092019558429402.htmlLaura2013-07-17T16:02:00ZA jobless recovery, but we need millions of amnestied & foreign workers?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-jobless-recovery,-but-we-need-millions-of-amnestied--foreign-workers/333616431613627219.html2013-07-16T16:21:00Z2013-07-16T16:21:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>To understand just how lame Obama's supposedly improving economy is, read Mort Zuckerman's terrific <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323740804578601472261953366.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop" target="_blank">column</a> about our jobless recovery: "In June, the government's Household Survey reported that since the start of the year, the number of people with jobs increased by 753,000--but there are jobs and there are "jobs." No fewer than 557,000 of these positions were only part-time....the number of full-time jobs declined by 240,000." Zuckerman ends this analysis by urging a serious policy-driven approach to this jobs crisis, noting: "Without such a focus, millions of American families whose breadwinners are unemployed or underemployed will remain dispiriting and apprehensive about the future, especially the young who are entering the workforce." <br /><br /> Here, here! He is absolutely correct, which makes his <a href="http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2013/07/12/welcoming-immigrants-is-an-american-tradition" target="_blank">column</a> in favor of immigration reform posted a few days earlier all the more perplexing. We know that the Senate bill, over ten years, would add 43 million new foreign and amnestied workers to our current workforce. They would compete across every job sector, making life harder for millions of Americans already struggling to find employment. Mostly using a lot of cliches, he invokes Lady Liberty and confuses, like so many open-borders types purposely do, legal and illegal immigration. <br /><br /> "Check out the contributions to the dominance of the American legend by immigrants such as Irving Berlin, Mike Nichols, Bob Hope, or, in fashion, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, Diane von Furstenberg and Anna Wintour. Immigrants were crucial to the foundation of a number of very American companies. Think eBay, the bright idea of Pierre Omidyar, of Iranian parentage; Sergey Brin at Google, James L. Kraft of Kraft Foods, Est&eacute;e Lauder, the child of immigrants from Europe.... <br /><br /> It is no accident that the Statue of Liberty is a symbol of the American dream for millions of immigrants." <br /><br /> How about this idea? We focus on American citizens who aren't achieving the American Dream first? When every American who wants a job has a job, then we can think about adding more folks to the mix. Zuckerberg raises the H-1B visa issue (high tech companies claim there aren't enough engineers in the U.S. to take jobs just waiting to be filled). I would argue that if that's the case, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should head back to Harvard, and endow a new engineering department with the promises of high wages and a great profession. The truth is, Zuckerberg and pals spend millions lobbying on Capitol Hill because they know if immigration reform passes, they'll be guaranteed an unending flow of lower wage, high-skilled workers. That's good for their companies, but bad for American workers. Economist Tom Sowell pointed out today that this entire "labor shortage" argument is "nonsense." Any economist knows you can't talk about a "labor shortage" if you don't talk about pricing (wages). The Republican party will grow and prosper if it is seen as the party of hard working Americans, not one that is captive to large business interests that seek nothing more than a perpetual stream of cheap foreign labor. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-jobless-recovery,-but-we-need-millions-of-amnestied--foreign-workers/333616431613627219.htmlLaura2013-07-16T16:21:00ZYes they can! Real work for food stamps?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Yes-they-can!-Real-work-for-food-stamps/759394072168030700.html2013-07-15T12:10:00Z2013-07-15T12:10:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Should able-bodied adults be required to do some work before receiving <a href="http://www.kgw.com/news/Oregon-investigations-uncover-food-stamp-fraud-208183851.html" target="_blank">food stamp</a> assistance? Tens of millions of Americans are now receiving federal food assistance, many of these are healthy adults. Food stamp fraud and abuse is rampant in the U.S.--folks buying lobster, energy drinks, junk food. Infuriating when so many of our fellow Americans are struggling. We have lots of work to do in our communities--broken windows, paint peeling, graffiti to be covered over. Maybe pitch in to help in exchange for getting help? We'll be talking about this on the show today. <a href="http://nationalreview.com/article/353397/food-stamps-real-work-requirement-editors" target="_blank">NRO</a> has an interesting take on this. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Yes-they-can!-Real-work-for-food-stamps/759394072168030700.htmlLaura2013-07-15T12:10:00ZDebunking David Brooks on amnestyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Debunking-David-Brooks-on-amnesty/444585796738654729.html2013-07-12T12:45:00Z2013-07-12T12:45:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Today David Brooks is out with a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/opinion/brooks-pass-the-bill.html?ref=davidbrooks&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">column</a> trying to persuade conservatives to support the Gang of Eight bill. <br /><br /> His column is sort of a greatest-hits version of the many bad arguments put forward by the Schumer/McCain/Graham crowd. I don't think anyone will find them persuasive. Let's take his main points one by one. <br /><br /> Brooks: "Based on estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, the Senate bill would increase the gross domestic product by 3.3 percent by 2023 and by 5.4 percent by 2033. A separate study by the American Action Forum found that it would increase per capita income by $1,700 after 10 years." <br /><br /> In the first place, the <a href="http://americanactionforum.org/about" target="_blank">American Action Forum</a> is a collection of Open Borders types like Jeb Bush, so they're not exactly unbiased witnesses on this issue. <br /><br /> On the other hand, the same CBO report cited by Brooks found that over the next few years, passing the Gang-of-8 bill would cause per capita GNP and average wages to fall. <br /><br /> Brooks relies on CBO's finding that total U.S. GDP would grow if more people entered the country. Of course you can always increase your total GDP by adding more workers &ndash; but the real issue here is whether doing so would benefit the average American. The CBO's study shows that it will not. <br /><br /> Brooks: "According to government estimates, the Senate bill would reduce federal deficits by up to $850 billion over the next 20 years." <br /><br /> It's not clear what Brooks means by "government estimates." <a href="http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44397" target="_blank">The CBO found</a> that net savings would amount to only $135 billion from 2014 to 2023. However, it also found that "the net impact of the legislation on federal deficits would depend on future actions by lawmakers, who could choose to appropriate more or less than the amounts estimated by CBO." <br /><br /> Personally, given how Washington works, I'm guessing that lawmakers will choose to appropriate "more" than the amounts estimated by CBO. Furthermore, CBO made no findings about the effect of a new surge of immigrants on state and local budgets &ndash; such as their effects on welfare programs and school spending. <br /><br /> Oh, and <a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/05/the-fiscal-cost-of-unlawful-immigrants-and-amnesty-to-the-us-taxpayer" target="_blank">Heritage found</a> that the former unlawful immigrants would generate a lifetime fiscal deficit (total benefits received minus total taxes paid) of $6.3 trillion. My guess is that most conservatives will find this total to be more accurate than the hopeful estimates relied upon by the open-borders crowd. <br /><br /> Brooks: "According to the CBO, the bill would reduce illegal immigration by somewhere between 33 percent to 50 percent." He claims this is better than "current law, which reduces illegal immigration by 0 percent." <br /><br /> In the first place, current law would reduce illegal immigration by 100 percent if it were actually being enforced. In the second place, the CBO's estimate is meaningless, because it's based on the notion that the Senate bill would be enforced. In fact, there is no reason to believe that President Obama will ever enforce any of the border requirements in the Senate bill. In the third place, Brooks's statement ignores the many ways by which the bill would increase legal immigration. In fact, CBO estimated that "by 2023, enacting S. 744 (the Senate bill) would lead to a net increase of 9.6 million in the total number of people residing in the United States, compared with the number of people projected under current law." So CBO agrees with the bill's opponents that passing the bill would bring in millions of more people to compete with Americans for jobs and wages. <br /><br /> Brooks: "{W}ithout more immigrants, and the higher fertility rates they bring," the United States faces a European-style demographic collapse. <br /><br /> It would be foolish to pass a massive immigration bill just to head off a problem that may never happen. Certainly there is no reason to believe the United States currently suffers from a lack of workers. <br /><br /> Brooks: "All legislation allows the executive branch to have some discretion. It's always possible imagine ways in which a law may be distorted in violation of its intent. But if you are going to use that logic to oppose something, you are going to end up opposing tax reform, welfare reform, the Civil Rights Act and everything else." <br /><br /> Well, actually, I don't think anyone has ever doubted that the Federal Government would &ndash; as it should &ndash; aggressively enforce the Civil Rights Act. Conservatives aren't saying that the Obama/Bush crowd won't enforce anylaws. We are simply pointing out that given their history on the immigration issue, it is absurd to pretend that the border measures in this bill would ever be enforced. <br /><br /> Brooks: "{R}ecent research suggests that increased immigration drives down wages far less than expected." <br /><br /> "Far less than <em>expected?</em>" What does that even mean? Here's an idea: Congress shouldn't pass any bill that will drive down average wages <em>at all</em>. <br /><br /> Brooks: "Conservatives are supposed to believe in the logic of capitalism; that if you encourage the movement of goods, ideas, and people, then you increase dynamism, you increase creative destruction and you end up creating more wealth that improves lives over all." <br /><br /> But conservatives aren't supposed to bury their heads in the sand and ignore both logic and reality in pursuit of dreams about "creative destruction." In this case, it seems logical that if Big Business can draw upon a global labor supply that is virtually unlimited, wages for the typical American living here today will fall. That, in fact, is what the CBO finds as well &ndash; a fact that Brooks never shares with his readers. <br /><br /> Brooks: "Before Asians, Hispanics, and all the other groups can be won with economic plans, they need to feel respected and understood by the GOP." <br /><br /> The best way to show voters that you understand them is to support programs that will improve their standard of living. If the GOP supports liberal legislation &ndash; such as the Senate bill &ndash; that will lower wages and increase unemployment, then voters of all backgrounds will treat them with the contempt they will deserve. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Debunking-David-Brooks-on-amnesty/444585796738654729.htmlLaura2013-07-12T12:45:00ZEconomists dial down estimates for growthLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Economists-dial-down-estimates-for-growth/545279039616280706.html2013-07-11T12:07:00Z2013-07-11T12:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Another day, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424127887323740804578597834106196170.html?ru=yahoo?mod=yahoo_itp" target="_blank">another article</a> containing data that blows out of the water the Rep. Paul Ryan claim that we need immigration amnesty because America has a "labor shortage" in offing. Folks, we have a jobs shortage, not a labor shortage. Contrary to Speaker John Boehner's claim that the GOP will be in trouble if it doesn't tackle immigration reform, the GOP will be finished if it steps into the elites' amnesty trap set shortly after the 2012 election. Three million Republicans stayed home in November rather than voting for moderate Mitt. Imagine how many will turn in their party registration if the House Speaker goes ahead and cuts a deal with Rep. Nancy Pelosi on immigration? I have emphasized this point for several months, but some of the "smart folks" still don't get it: the jobs shortage should be the primary focus of the Republican party. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Economists-dial-down-estimates-for-growth/545279039616280706.htmlLaura2013-07-11T12:07:00ZResponse to the Wall Street Journal on immigrationLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Response-to-the-Wall-Street-Journal-on-immigration/473055213692953264.html2013-07-10T13:40:00Z2013-07-10T13:40:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The fellas at the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323368704578595733476062490.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop" target="_blank">Wall Street Journal</a> editorial page predictably backs a comprehensive immigration bill and calls the voices of opposition "shrill" and "closed mind(ed)." I take apart their analysis point by point: <br /><br /> "The GOP is splintered and confused on immigration." <br /><br /> This is not true. Some folks in the GOP establishment are determined to work with Democrats to support an ineffective bill that would lead to more illegal immigrants, lower wages, and higher unemployment. Most Republicans in the Senate opposed this bill, as do most conservative commentators and virtually all members of the GOP in the House. If the few GOP establishment types who have worked with Obama and Schumer would drop the immigration issue altogether, most Republicans would be pleased. <br /><br /> "Too often Americans hear the shrillest anti-immigration Republicans whose only argument is "secure the border," as if that is a sensible policy for the 21st century." <br /><br /> This type of straw-man argument is the sort of thing we would expect from people who have allied themselves with President Obama and Sen. Schumer, but is utterly unpersuasive. Republicans who oppose the type of legislation supported by the WSJ have pointed out that: (1) such legislation will not effectively limit illegal immigrants; (2) will undermine respect for the rule of law; (3) will likely lead to significant increases in government spending at the state and local levels; (4) will likely encourage further illegal immigration in the future; (5) will drive down wages; and (6) will increase unemployment. So far, no one in the GOP Establishment, or at the WSJ, has given a persuasive response to any of these concerns, let alone all of them. <br /><br /> "To fail to fix any part of an immigration system that everyone agrees is contrary to U.S. economic interests, and after the Senate has passed a bipartisan reform, would play into Democratic charges that House Republicans are mere obstructionists." <br /><br /> The obstructionists here are the open-borders fanatics in both parties &ndash; including the Bush Administration and the Obama Administration &ndash; who have poisoned the well on this issue by refusing to act in good faith when it comes to enforcing U.S. immigration laws currently on the books. Given that there is no reason to believe that any new enforcement provision would ever be enforced, it is impossible to reach any fair agreement on this issue. What the WSJ really wants is for conservatives to let the open-borders types have their way on things like citizenship for illegal immigrants and increased legal immigration, in exchange for empty promises of enforcement that will never be fulfilled. It would be foolish to agree to any such deal. <br /><br /> "Surely there is a Republican agenda beyond militarizing the border and turning ICE into the Republican version of OSHA and EPA that criminalizes employers who create jobs." <br /><br /> Of course there is. Most Republicans will support an agenda that leads to higher wages and lower unemployment for Americans, and that supports strict enforcement of the rule of law. But they will not agree to go along with a regime in which Big Business and Big Government agree to allow for a virtually unlimited supply of immigrants, thus lowering wages and raising unemployment. (By the way, this is yet another straw-man argument.) <br /><br /> "Even if the House doesn't want to take up the entire bill that recently passed the Senate, it can still consider and pass the parts that are pro-growth and that most Republicans support." <br /><br /> In the first place, such a strategy would lead to a conference committee that would likely result in the Gang-of-8 bill (with only a few token modifications) coming up for a vote in the House, where it would pass with mostly Democrat votes. House Republicans would be utterly foolish to follow such a path. <br /><br /> In the second place, let's look at some of those "parts" that the WSJ supports: (1) Allowing foreign graduates to stay in the United States if they have a job &ndash; a measure that would likely lower wages for native-born Americans competing with those foreign graduates for jobs. (2) Double the number of H-1B visas for skilled immigrants &ndash; another measure to lower wages. (3) Vote to codify the DREAM Act &ndash; a measure that would reward those parents who brought their children here illegally. (4) Guest-worker programs and green cards &ndash; even more measures designed to address a "labor shortage" that does not actually exist. And finally, in case you haven't gotten the message yet: (5) "Opening more paths for legal immigrants to meet U.S. labor demand." What demand? We have millions and millions of Americans who are looking for work, and who can't find it. Why would we bring in even more workers to drive down wages any further? <br /><br /> Taken together, these examples show that the WSJ continues to press the same old fanatical notion that Americans are suffering from a shortage of workers. This notion was annoying back in 2007, when unemployment was still relatively low. It cannot be taken seriously at all after an economic crisis that has kept unemployment at high levels for almost five years. <br /><br /> In short, the WSJ piece simply repeats the same old slogans and wild-eyed claims that most conservatives have long since rejected. Until the WSJ starts coming up with more serious arguments, and starts seriously responding to the concerns that conservatives have raised regarding the Obama/Schumer bill, there is no reason for conservatives to take the WSJ seriously on this issue. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Response-to-the-Wall-Street-Journal-on-immigration/473055213692953264.htmlLaura2013-07-10T13:40:00ZMeaningless GOP immig. analysisLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Meaningless-GOP-immig.-analysis/-20051106098863704.html2013-07-09T12:42:00Z2013-07-09T12:42:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Here's the <a href="http://nationalreview.com/article/352918/how-house-can-get-immigration-reform-right-tom-coburn" target="_blank">latest attempt</a> from a GOP senator to analyze what the House should do on immigration. While I respect Sen. (and Dr.) Tom Coburn's take on many issues, this is one of the least impressive articles I've ever read from a sitting Senator. Coburn admits that Obama doesn't care if the border is enforced, and then he says the House should make him care. How are they supposed to do that? <br /><br /> Surely the one thing all Republicans should be able to agree on is that Obama is acting in bad faith and that he will never enforce the border. As long as that is the case, this whole conversation is a waste of time, unless you really think that we have a labor shortage and that wages are too high. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Meaningless-GOP-immig.-analysis/-20051106098863704.htmlLaura2013-07-09T12:42:00ZBoehner's choice: Power or people?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Boehners-choice:-Power-or-people/-641355788748296835.html2013-07-08T16:37:00Z2013-07-08T16:37:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Many of you are rightly speculating that the elites in the GOP aren't really desperate for immigration reform because they think they'll woo legions of Hispanic voters. Rather, they throw their support behind this impenetrable bill written largely by Sen. Chuck Schumer with the White House because they are under enormous pressure from big business interests. Large corporations like Facebook aren't spending tens of millions to lobby Congress on amnesty because its board thinks it will raise wages for American programmers, engineers or low level office workers. So is <a href="http://m.upi.com/story/UPI-28231373286577/" target="_blank">Speaker John Boehner</a> worried about the party's money drying up if he doesn't push amnesty? <br /><br /> Well, think of it this way: Karl Rove raised a bunch of money in 2012 -- what good did that do? <br /><br /> Going forward, the big winners in American politics are going to be the folks who can convince the average American that they are looking out for his interests in a world dominated by Big Business and globalization. If the GOP doesn't want to take on that role, then it will fall to the Democrats by default. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Boehners-choice:-Power-or-people/-641355788748296835.htmlLaura2013-07-08T16:37:00ZLow wages & fat govt contracts: Big biz bonanza in Senate immig. billLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Low-wages--fat-govt-contracts:-Big-biz-bonanza-in-Senate-immig.-bill/924444240008194516.html2013-07-08T16:08:00Z2013-07-08T16:08:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>So now we see why big business front groups like "American Action Network" (shares office space with American Crossroads) &amp; "Americans for a Conservative Direction" (funded by Facebook CEO and Obama pal Mark Zuckerberg) are salivating over the prospect of immigration amnesty. The deal guarantees that wages will be kept low for millions of workers and it continues the government bloat that huge corporations love. <br /><br /> The CBO report on the initial Gang of 8 bill confirms that wages will be depressed for 10+ years with the mass legalization of new workers, and with millions of foreign workers invited in on top of the 11 million. Meanwhile, thanks to Sen. Bob Corker (a.k.a. Tennessee's version of Lindsey Graham) the Senate made companies like drone-maker General Atomics ecstatic by proposing to throw tens of billions of dollars at the Department of Homeland Security. The GAO has pegged the post-9/11 agency as a breeding ground for "poor management and wasteful spending." From the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-adv-border-money-20130708,0,2011032.story" target="_blank">Los Angeles Times</a>: <br /><br />
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Also, bravo to <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/352676/nation-immigrants-rest-us-just-live-here-mark-krikorian" target="_blank">Mark Kirkorian</a> who agrees that the GOP should use the immigration issue to convince low-wage voters that Republicans are not merely shills for Big Business. Talk about a great "gateway issue" for Republicans to young and minority voters who will see their wages compromised by this amnesty foolishness. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Low-wages--fat-govt-contracts:-Big-biz-bonanza-in-Senate-immig.-bill/924444240008194516.htmlLaura2013-07-08T16:08:00ZAn Obamacare surrenderLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/An-Obamacare-surrender/479602999063071138.html2013-07-05T16:09:00Z2013-07-05T16:09:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The real fireworks for Independence Day 2013 came two days before July 4th. They exploded in the form of an Obama Administration announcement--or more accurately put, capitulation--that the key part of the president's signature healthcare legislation would be delayed until 2015. Businesses coast to coast have been in an uproar about the law's penalties and requirements, despite Obama's promises that "the more people learn about it, the more they'll appreciate it." In fact, thanks in large part to the tireless work of tea party conservatives, the opposite happened. The nightmarish maze of new rules are reviled and most Americans want the entire mess repealed. This objective, not immigration reform, should be the focal point of the GOP's legislative efforts this summer and fall. Immigration reform--a pathway to citizenship with an unenforceable promise of enforcement--is the Obamacare of immigration. The elites in the Republican party must be schooled by the tea party or should be sent packing. All the big money from businesses interested in keeping wages low isn't enough to overcome the will of the law-abiding, hard-working American people. It is a vibrant and growing middle class that has always been the core of our country's greatness. If they continue to the bear the brunt of the short-sighted and ill-informed policies of the elites, our system of government, this nation that will love, will ultimately not survive. <br /><br /> Read this <a href="http://nationalreview.com/article/352739/obamacare-surrender-rich-lowry" target="_blank">terrific piece</a> by NRO's Rich Lowry. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/An-Obamacare-surrender/479602999063071138.htmlLaura2013-07-05T16:09:00ZWhoops! Rubio's hispanic play--still losing LatinosLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Whoops!-Rubios-hispanic-play--still-losing-Latinos/-400630734779895832.html2013-07-03T13:13:00Z2013-07-03T13:13:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>A new poll by Latino Decisions (most likely Latino voters) confirms the gist of a recent Quinnipiac Poll--and is terrible news for the pro-immigration reform GOPers. The survey shows Marco Rubio losing huge against <a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/politics/2013/07/02/new-poll-shows-hillary-clinton-beating-marco-rubio-among-latino-voters-in-2016/" target="_blank">Hillary Clinton (66-28)</a> and <a href="http://frontpagemag.com/2013/dgreenfield/rubio-would-lose-latino-vote-to-biden-60-to-28/" target="_blank">Joe Biden (60-28)</a> among Latino voters in 2016. Currently, Hillary has a 73 percent approval rating among Latinos. As for Rubio--his gets an underwhelming 31 percent approval rating. Former Florida Jeb Bush racked up a stellar 27 percent approval rating. Atta boy! As for the bogus argument by Jeb, Marco &amp; Karl Rove that Latinos are "socially conservative"? Only 2 percent of those polled replied that abortion, gay marriage and family values was a critical issue for them. Not surprisingly, 53 percent said immigration reform was very important. Jeb Bush maintains amnesty is a "gateway issue" for Republicans to be able to reach Latino voters. When respondents are asked about pro-amnesty Rep. Paul Ryan (dubbed the "Marco Rubio of the House), more than 50 percent said they would be either likely or somewhat likely to support him--but key is that the question does not pit him against a Democrat challenger. Even if the poll numbers across the board indicated that supporting a "path to citizenship" is a true boost for the GOP among Latinos, it wouldn't matter once Hillary (or another Democrat) comes along and promises them a faster track to citizenship and other benefits. So any bump for the GOP will be obliterated anyway. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Whoops!-Rubios-hispanic-play--still-losing-Latinos/-400630734779895832.htmlLaura2013-07-03T13:13:00ZMy response to Jeb Bush's endless push for amnestyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-response-to-Jeb-Bushs-endless-push-for-amnesty/-277273360933741068.html2013-07-01T21:02:00Z2013-07-01T21:02:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I can't tell if the Republicans who are clamoring for "action" on comprehensive immigration reform are dishonest, or merely ignorant. Consider the latest by Jeb Bush and Clint Bolick in the Wall Street Journal (which itself has never seen an amnesty bill it didn't applaud) and my counter-punch: <br /><br /> "To grow economically, the nation needs more young workers, as the population is aging and its growth is slowing." In the United States, <a href="http://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/2013/05/09/youth-unemployment-grows-worse-by-month/" target="_blank">the unemployment rate</a> for people aged 16 to 24 was 16.2 percent in May 2013. <br /><br /> "America's educational system produces only a faction of the high-skilled workers required for technology jobs." <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/05/28/h1b-visa-high-tech-workers-afl-cio-editorials-debates/2367769/" target="_blank">According to the AFL-CIO</a>, "In the fields of computer and information science and engineering, U.S. colleges graduate 50% more students than there are new hires . . . . {T}ech wages haven't risen since Bill Clinton was president." And, of course, the CBO has reported that average wages will fall if the immigration bill passes. <br /><br /> "Illegal immigration results now because there are too few lawful low-skill job opportunities for immigrants." That doesn't sound like a labor shortage to me. <br /><br /> "Doubling GDP growth to 4% from the anemic 2% that has become the new normal would create more than $4 trillion in additional economic activity in the 10th year." Of course you can increase your total GDP by adding more people. But that doesn't mean the average American is better off? The CBO found that over the next ten years, passing the immigration bill wouldlower per capita GDP. <br /><br /> The Senate immigration reform "dramatically increases resources and tools for border security." But, as Jeb Bush undoubtedly knows, those resources will never be used to enforce our border laws. <br /><br /> "It does not provide an amnesty, that is, a pardon . . . . {T}hose who came illegally must pay a serious of fines and back taxes, undergo background checks, are ineligible for most social services, and must work continuously." You wanna bet? Who's going to make them? Janet Napolitano's Department of Homeland Security? The same crowd who won't enforce today's supposedly "less stringent" laws? <br /><br /> The CBO "projects that the Senate bill would reduce the budget deficit by more than $1 trillion over 20 years, boost the economy and increase productivity, without reducing the wages of U.S. workers." The CBO said that over the next six years, unemployment would rise, and over the next 10 years, average wages would fall. It also said that longer-term projections &ndash; such as the 20-year projection cited by Jeb &ndash; are not as credible as its shorter-term projections. <br /><br /> "{T}he House can increase the artificially low guest-worker numbers included at the behest of labor unions in the Senate bill." So, wait, we're still talking as if we have too few workers? Tell that to all the folks looking for work, underemployed, or juggling two part-time jobs. <br /><br /> "Republicans have much in common with immigrants &ndash; beliefs in hard work, enterprise, family, education, patriotism, and faith." But if you believe in "hard work" and "enterprise," why would you support a party that's seeking to lower your wages and create more unemployment? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-response-to-Jeb-Bushs-endless-push-for-amnesty/-277273360933741068.htmlLaura2013-07-01T21:02:00ZMurder toll in Chicago climbs: 5-year-old & mom killed...does anyone care?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Murder-toll-in-Chicago-climbs:-5-year-old--mom-killed...does-anyone-care/-571407668063514461.html2013-06-28T12:17:00Z2013-06-28T12:17:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The <a href="http://homicides.suntimes.com/2013/06/28/5-year-old-boy-woman-killed-in-back-of-the-yards-shooting/" target="_blank">carnage in Chicago</a> continues. The heartbreak mounts. Innocents are slaughtered. Much of it is gang-related, but not all. This has been going on for years but Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson have seemed to barely notice. Where are the cameras? Where is the wall-to-wall coverage? Do these victims deserve to be known? Their backgrounds examined? The cause of this scourge debated? The fact is, we won't see much media attention to the random shootings, senseless killings that occur every day in America. We, however, are drowning in Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman coverage right now. We were led to believe early on that George Zimmerman was a racist, looking for a fight. We were led to believe that Trayvon was a little boy who could do no wrong. Of course the story is more complicated. It always is. Our tragedy TV culture demands to be fed with hype and drama. I don't expect this to change much in the near future. But we can hope. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Murder-toll-in-Chicago-climbs:-5-year-old--mom-killed...does-anyone-care/-571407668063514461.htmlLaura2013-06-28T12:17:00ZJust say no to flooding the US markets with new workersLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Just-say-no-to-flooding-the-US-markets-with-new-workers/634557616553359437.html2013-06-27T14:13:00Z2013-06-27T14:13:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>My friend the economist Jim Pethokoukis's latest <a href="http://www.aei-ideas.org/2013/06/does-the-us-economy-need-an-influx-of-mexican-high-school-dropouts/" target="_blank">handiwork</a> "Why the US might need those Mexican high-school dropouts" deserves a serious response. He goes through an analysis of various economic data and birthrates to conclude that more legal immigration is critical to country's economic future (although he ends his argument with a caveat).<br /><br /> OK, so let's think about this. <br /><br /> We currently have 23 million households in the United States on <a href="http://cnsnews.com/blog/joe-schoffstall/record-number-households-food-stamps-1-out-every-5" target="_blank">food stamps</a>. <br /><br /> We have an unemployment rate of 7.6 percent -- but even that rate is too low because it doesn't count all the folks who have left the job market. <br /><br /> In May, there were 11.8 million <a href="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm" target="_blank">unemployed persons</a> in the United States, and 4.4 million of those have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more: <br /><br /> That report also says that 7.9 million people were working part time, but wanted to work full time. Another 2.2 million people wanted work, and were available for work, but were not counted as unemployed because they hadn't searched for work in the last 4 weeks. (1.4 million of those people are doing things like going to school or dealing with family responsibilities, but 780,000 of them are "discouraged workers" who believe no jobs are available for them). <br /><br /> So we have 11.8 million unemployed persons, 7.9 million part-time workers who want to work full time, and 780,000 people who have given up. By my count, that's 20,480,000 people who would like to have a full time job. <br /><br /> Meanwhile, the average American worker is terrified of losing his or her job, and works incredibly hard as a result. The typical American worker gets only 16 days of paid vacation and holidays -- but doesn't take them all. In the typical year, Americans are entitled to <a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/244771/americas-war-on-vacation-by-the-numbers" target="_blank">175 million vacation days</a> that they do not take. <br /><br /> Oh, and by the way, the average U.S. household has regained just <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/local-news/20130531-average-u.s.-household-has-regained-just-45-of-wealth-lost-during-recession-st.-louis-fed-analysis-finds.ece" target="_blank">45 percent of wealth</a> that it lost during the recession. <br /><br /> Oh, and U.S. GDP growth in Q1 2013 was only 1.8 percent, instead of the 2.4 percent figure that had been <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/100845284" target="_blank">previously announced</a>. <br /><br /> And on top of all this, the CBO reports that for years to come, the new immigration bill will lower the average wage and increase the unemployment rate. <br /><br /> Yet despite all of this evident misery, Jim Pethokoukis is afraid that we might have a shortage of workers? <br /><br /> Here's my proposal to Jim Pethokoukis. Let's not pass a bill that CBO says will make things worse for the average American. Let's test your theory and see if we end up with a shortage of workers. If that happens, as Thomas Sowell pointed out, U.S. workers should be able to negotiate much better deals for themselves. Let's see if that really happens. In fact, let's see if: <br /><br /> --The unemployment rate falls below 5 percent<br /> --Almost everyone is able to get off of food stamps<br /> --The average American household is actually wealthier than it was before the recession<br /> --We're able to eliminate much of our government spending on welfare<br /> --The average American is able to take 3-4 weeks of vacation a year without worrying about whether he'll lose his job <br /><br /> And then -- when almost every American is doing great, except for a small number who refuse to work hard or participate in the economy -- THEN I will gladly agree to raise the number of immigrants into the country. <br /><br /> But until that happens, I'm going to spend more time worrying about the actual economic pain and misery being experienced by Americans in the real world, than about the theoretical possibility that some folks might have difficulty finding workers in an imaginary future world. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Just-say-no-to-flooding-the-US-markets-with-new-workers/634557616553359437.htmlLaura2013-06-27T14:13:00ZRubio in an amnesty bind because of DOMA case?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rubio-in-an-amnesty-bind-because-of-DOMA-case/977740468273091670.html2013-06-26T16:07:00Z2013-06-26T16:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>So much of what current Senate supporters of the 1200 page immigration reform bill said in the past about amnesty is come back to bite them. Remember when <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2013/jun/13/rubio-done-immigration-bill-includes-gay-marriage/" target="_blank">Marco Rubio said</a>, "If this bill has something in it that gives gay couples immigration rights and so forth, it kills the bill. I'm done." But doesn't today's Supreme Court decision striking down DOMA ensure that all rights given to couples under the Gang of 8 bill automatically extent to gay couples as well? So, Senator, what say you? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rubio-in-an-amnesty-bind-because-of-DOMA-case/977740468273091670.htmlLaura2013-06-26T16:07:00ZThe Economist shills for amnestyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Economist-shills-for-amnesty/968706345615822757.html2013-06-25T23:38:00Z2013-06-25T23:38:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>So much for The Economist's reputation as a serious publication that cares about the legislative language, pork-project spending, and fraudulent assumptions. <a href="http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2013/06/immigration-reform" target="_blank">This article</a> is a classic example of how a lot of folks refuse to see the immigration bill as an economic issue. From reading this article, you would never know that the Senate is working on legislation that will lower average wages and raise the unemployment rate. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Economist-shills-for-amnesty/968706345615822757.htmlLaura2013-06-25T23:38:00ZThe unnecessary GOP crack-upLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-unnecessary-GOP-crack-up/-563419670872149077.html2013-06-24T11:57:00Z2013-06-24T11:57:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>In all my years of complaining about the GOP moderates, I think this Senate immigration deal is the worst thing they've ever done. It's not good for the country, it's not good for the poor, it's not good for any of the principles they claim to support. And it's all being done in a shady manner. <br /><br /> Oh, and an opportunity to win an off-year election in Massachusetts was dashed (as I predicted) when the state picked the moderate GOP choice Gabriel Gomez in it's primary. <br /><br /> This week the GOP should be focused on the Snowden debacle, which is becoming more and more humiliating &ndash; and which underscores Obama's complete inability to deal with China or Russia. But instead, the GOP will continue attacking its own base with this toxic immigration bill. <br /><br /> Senator "Republican" Bob Corker who slithered in at the last moment to save the day for the amnesty bill, isn't up for reelection until 2018. Who really believes he would have played the same role of immigration savior if he was facing the voters in 2014? The same could be said of Orrin Hatch and and others. I hope Tennesseans, Arizonans, Utahans, North Dakotans, and Floridians have a long memory. As for Lindsey Graham--who thinks it's time to storm the offices of Rep. Trey Gowdy to convince him to run? Can't Jim DeMint be pleaded with to come out of retirement to rid us of Graham once and for all? Hell, Sen. Mark Sanford has a nice ring to it! <br /><br /> I don't see how the GOP coalition can continue on this path. What's the point of trying to work with people who are this untrustworthy? People who collaborate with the very individuals and groups that seek to vilify and undermine most of what traditional conservatives stand for? How can I tell my kids to cheer for folks like Marco Rubio or Jeb Bush? <br /><br /> And to all those pro-immigration reform Republicans blushing over Chuck Schumer's effusive praise for your support of the immigration bill, I say: &nbsp;Be careful honey, he won't love you in the morning. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-unnecessary-GOP-crack-up/-563419670872149077.htmlLaura2013-06-24T11:57:00ZAbout that Corker/Hoeven immigrationLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/About-that-Corker/Hoeven-immigration/372635901934384086.html2013-06-21T12:41:00Z2013-06-21T12:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I wish we had a Play Bill, identifying cast and all the stagehands by name. As I said three months ago, this entire immigration charade <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/06/20/Senate-staffers-Corker-Hoeven-is-last-ditch-effort-to-pass-the-Gang-of-8-bill" target="_blank">has been choreographed</a> since its opening act by Schumer and his staff, and directed by the White House (right down to the public relations campaign). Note the talking points parroted by the media and elites on both sides -- "this is a breakthrough amendment!" "This is our time, the system is broken!" "Latinos will punish the GOP if they don't do this!" "We need to bring people out of the shadows!" Any Republican who supports this sham should be voted out of office at first opportunity. This is like a REALLY cheesy B-movie. When is Godzilla going to walk into the scene and smash the Capitol dome? Sen. Ted Cruz was right yesterday, the phony drama needs to be exposed for what it is--an effort to convince sheeple that the Dems are really serious this time about border enforcement, despite the fact that they rejected every amendment that would have given real teeth to the process. John Boehner should deliver short remarks given what has happened announcing that the House is done with immigration this year. Republicans should re-focus on helping increase the prosperity and security of American workers and their families. Democrats are happy to see Republicans divided and elites in the GOP are helping them. We are squandering an amazing opportunity to be united for a pro-growth conservative agenda that will be attractive to ALL American voters. Instead, we have Republicans who are on the verge of voting for a bill that will both decrease American wages and increase unemployment. You can't make this stuff up. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/About-that-Corker/Hoeven-immigration/372635901934384086.htmlLaura2013-06-21T12:41:00ZAbout that Corker/Hoeven immigration "breakthrough"...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/About-that-Corker/Hoeven-immigration-breakthrough.../-931222472319712019.html2013-06-20T12:21:00Z2013-06-20T12:21:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>As predicted, there is quite a bit of media fanfare surrounding the supposedly new compromise in the offing on immigration reform. Senators Bob Corker (TN) and John Hoeven (ND) are claiming that they have come up with the perfect mix of enforcement and legalization ingredients for a reform recipe that will appeal to both left and right. Before you jump on this bandwagon, look closely at the next to last paragraph of this <a href="http://m.washingtonexaminer.com/breakthrough-in-senate-immigration-talks-announcement-set-for-thursday/article/2532165" target="_blank">Washington Examiner piece</a>, which says that the immigrants will get legal status before the security measures are in place. Once the immigrants have leal status, none of the enforcement measures will ever be implemented. Also, CBO should have to re-score the bill with this new provision, to see if the amendment meant would really make much of a difference In terms of stopping future illegal immigrants. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/About-that-Corker/Hoeven-immigration-breakthrough.../-931222472319712019.htmlLaura2013-06-20T12:21:00ZMen are disappearing from the workforceLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Men-are-disappearing-from-the-workforce/-119148080246559832.html2013-06-20T12:13:00Z2013-06-20T12:13:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Every time we read an article like <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2013/06/19/news/economy/men-workforce/index.html?hpt=hp_t3" target="_blank">this</a>, we should ask a pro-amnesty politician to explain how flooding the workforce with 20-30 million new foreign and formerly illegal workers will help the situation. Rep. Paul Ryan predicted that we would have a "labor shortage" in the U.S. in the next few decades. Do you agree? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Men-are-disappearing-from-the-workforce/-119148080246559832.htmlLaura2013-06-20T12:13:00ZMore potholes for amnesty--the CBO debacleLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-potholes-for-amnesty--the-CBO-debacle/-381216061126796868.html2013-06-19T21:26:00Z2013-06-19T21:26:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The reviews of the Congressional Budget Office Study of S.B. 744 are in, and they're not pretty. Here's<a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/351513/re-cbo-vs-gang-8-yuval-levin" target="_blank"> Yuval Levin</a>. Here's <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/351499/cbo-vs-gang-8-ramesh-ponnuru" target="_blank">Ramesh Ponnuru</a>.<br /><br /> It's becoming increasingly obvious that the CBO study &ndash; which was supposed to help the Gang of 8 &ndash; actually turns out to be full of arguments against it. Once again, we see that Rubio claims to be an expert in a field that he literally does not understand. Once again, we see that the elites who look down on the rest of us don't really know what they are talking about. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-potholes-for-amnesty--the-CBO-debacle/-381216061126796868.htmlLaura2013-06-19T21:26:00ZBoehner: sticking by "Hastert Rule" through all immig. votesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Boehner:-sticking-by-Hastert-Rule-through-all-immig.-votes/-563849677900792246.html2013-06-19T21:24:00Z2013-06-19T21:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>If he's serious about <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/351411/boehner-extends-hastert-rule-remarks-immigration-conference-report-jonathan-strong" target="_blank">this</a>, then we should quit wasting time on this issue &ndash; Obama will not sign any bill that is acceptable to a majority of House Republicans. So let's go on to something else. <br /><br /> Also, I think the Senate Republicans should go to McConnell and say that they don't want to spend any more time debating a bill that's going nowhere in the House. The GOP should filibuster this silly Gang of 8 bill, and then that should be the end of the whole matter.&nbsp; <br /> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Boehner:-sticking-by-Hastert-Rule-through-all-immig.-votes/-563849677900792246.htmlLaura2013-06-19T21:24:00ZBoehner: sticking byLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Boehner:-sticking-by/906871162014756737.html2013-06-18T22:45:00Z2013-06-18T22:45:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>If he's serious about <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/351411/boehner-extends-hastert-rule-remarks-immigration-conference-report-jonathan-strong" target="_blank">this</a>, then we should quit wasting time on this issue &ndash; Obama will not sign any bill that is acceptable to a majority of House Republicans. So let's go on to something else. <br /><br /> Also, I think the Senate Republicans should go to McConnell and say that they don't want to spend any more time debating a bill that's going nowhere in the House. The GOP should filibuster this silly Gang of 8 bill, and then that should be the end of the whole matter.&nbsp; <br /> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Boehner:-sticking-by/906871162014756737.htmlLaura2013-06-18T22:45:00ZHouse conservatives may block amnesty bill in committeeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/House-conservatives-may-block-amnesty-bill-in-committee/156342474236984829.html2013-06-18T18:10:00Z2013-06-18T18:10:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I think <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/351364/gohmert-others-may-block-all-immigration-bills-judiciary-committee-jonathan-strong" target="_blank">this is the right approach</a>. Let's just shut this issue down now &ndash; I don't want the GOP leadership to spend the next two years trying to maneuver a bill through the House. We should make it clear to the GOP elites that the issue of amnesty is non-negotiable, and that we do not want it raised again. If they don't like that, they can go become Democrats, and let us get on with building a party that will work for the average American. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/House-conservatives-may-block-amnesty-bill-in-committee/156342474236984829.htmlLaura2013-06-18T18:10:00ZImmigration bill dance routine falls flatLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-bill-dance-routine-falls-flat/-528278197003986417.html2013-06-18T11:56:00Z2013-06-18T11:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Sorry, I'm not buying this <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/17/gop-immigration-bill_n_3456095.html?utm_hp_ref=tw" target="_blank">story-line</a> that Lindsey Graham is upset with Marco Rubio over his recent criticisms of his own Gang of 8 bill. Seems like just another step in the elaborate choreography to give Rubio cover as a tough negotiator (cue the laughter!) and border defender (ditto). The Cornyn amendment with its hollow promise of Congressional border certification is part of this same lame dance movement. Perhaps after the next presidential election, we'll see a reboot of the popular show featuring pro-Gang of 8 Republicans called "Dancing with the Fallen Stars." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-bill-dance-routine-falls-flat/-528278197003986417.htmlLaura2013-06-18T11:56:00ZAmnesty fanatics really do look down on American workersLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amnesty-fanatics-really-do-look-down-on-American-workers/268648680287468156.html2013-06-18T11:44:00Z2013-06-18T11:44:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>By now, I hope you've <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/351198/rubio-aide-there-are-american-workers-who-lack-better-term-cant-cut-it-rich-lowry" target="_blank">read</a> about comments made by a member of Marco Rubio's Senate staff, disparaging U.S. workers. Now his office has since distanced the junior senator from these remarks, but nonetheless, they are a searing reminder of what we're dealing with in the immigration debate. There are a lot of folks driving the amnesty express who don't really have much regard for the dreams or work ethic of the American people. If we don't flood the marketplace with new workers, we're finished, the argument goes. When they're not maligning our citizenry's fertility (Jeb Bush), they're calling us lazy (Bob Menendez and this Rubio flak). <br /><br /> It's becoming harder and harder to understand why anyone making less than $100K/year would vote for the GOP. On the other hand, it's becoming easier and easier to understand why the GOP prefers making deals behind closed doors. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amnesty-fanatics-really-do-look-down-on-American-workers/268648680287468156.htmlLaura2013-06-18T11:44:00ZPolitico goes with misleading poll on amnesty billLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Politico-goes-with-misleading-poll-on-amnesty-bill/-611230169569484023.html2013-06-13T20:03:00Z2013-06-13T20:03:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The American media, perhaps weary of reporting on the Obama scandal du jour, are now doing the full-court press to ensure passage of the Gang of 8 bill. When they are not featuring tear-jerker stories about families hugging through the border fence, they are featuring polls that supposedly show a groundswell of support for a "comprehensive" approach to immigration reform. From <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/06/poll-huge-support-for-immigration-reform-92701.html" target="_blank">Politico</a>: <br /><br /> <em>In each state, the pollsters described the legislation in accurate but positive terms, telling participants that the Gang of Eight bill would help &ldquo;secure our borders, block employers from hiring undocumented immigrants&rdquo; and require undocumented immigrants to meet &ldquo;a long list of requirements &hellip; over more than a decade&rdquo; in order to obtain a pathway to citizenship. Presented with that favorable description of the legislation, voters responded warmly, with between 61 and 78 percent in each state expressing support.</em> <br /><br /> Well, that description is not accurate. The Gang of Eight bill would not secure our borders, block employers from hiring undocumented immigrants, or require undocumented immigrants to meet a long list of requirements over more than a decade to obtain a pathway to citizenship. The border enforcement provisions are a joke, the U.S. government will not enforce the provisions against hiring undocumented immigrants, and the requirements for citizenship will probably be waived or weakened down the road. As with Obamacare, the real power and force of this legislation will been seen in the vast rule-making authority granted to the Secretaries of Homeland Security and Commerce to implement its language, as well as in the significant discretionary power to dispense with restrictions and conditions for the path to citizenship or future admissibility. Any Republican who takes comfort from these polling numbers is just kidding himself. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Politico-goes-with-misleading-poll-on-amnesty-bill/-611230169569484023.htmlLaura2013-06-13T20:03:00ZMemo to Boehner: Run, don't walk, from immigration farceLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Memo-to-Boehner:-Run,-dont-walk,-from-immigration-farce/-921000338894644283.html2013-06-13T17:46:00Z2013-06-13T17:46:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Here's the <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/350970/senate-says-no-border-security-first-amendment-andrew-stiles" target="_blank">must-read immigration report</a> from National Review on the defeat of the Grassley Amendment.<br /><br /> Notice that "Republicans" Rubio, Flake, and Murkowski voted against Grassley &ndash; while Democrats Manchineel, Pryor, and Republican Ayotte voted for it. <br /><br /> The Grassley amendment was simply worded and brilliantly conceived; it would have required DHS to demonstrate effective security of the border for 6 months before even provisional legalization of illegal aliens would be granted. In other words, it would have helped keep the Senate honest in its pledges regarding the border. If the Gang won't agree to this, then they won't agree to anything serious. <br /><br /> It is now time for the House to just walk away and not let this farce go on any further. And Rubio, Flake, and Graham should all be opposed and voted out in primaries. If this bill is successful, it will be a scandal bigger than Benghazi, IRS targeting and NSA snooping combined. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Memo-to-Boehner:-Run,-dont-walk,-from-immigration-farce/-921000338894644283.htmlLaura2013-06-13T17:46:00ZAs for that effort at GOP re-branding....Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/As-for-that-effort-at-GOP-re-branding..../219248466249981483.html2013-06-10T16:04:00Z2013-06-10T16:04:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>It's important to remember that a lot of good ideas for improving life in America can't get anywhere because of opposition from GOP moderates:</p>
<p>If the GOP really wanted to think outside the box, and put forward ideas that could appeal to working-class voters, they would become the party of economic nationalism, and insist on fair trade and tight borders.&nbsp; But the Moderates would never agree to this.</p>
<p>If the GOP really wanted to reach out to minority voters, they would try to appeal to African-American voters hurt by a flood of low-wage immigrants.&nbsp; But the Moderates would never agree to this.</p>
<p>If the GOP really wanted to appeal to socially conservative Hispanic voters, they would take a strong stand against gay marriage.&nbsp; But the Moderates would never agree to this.</p>
<p>If the GOP really wanted to appeal to young people, they would cut the defense budget, ask our allies to do more to defend themselves, and pledge to avoid unnecessary wars.&nbsp; But the Moderates would never agree to this.</p>
<p>If the GOP really wanted to establish itself as the party that cares about civil liberties, they would re-write the Patriot Act, break up the Department of Homeland Security, and resist further government intrusions on our freedom.&nbsp; But the Moderates would never agree to this either.</p>
<p>So on issue after issue, the GOP is trapped in the unpopular legacy of the Bush years -- not because of anything that the Tea Party has done, but because folks like Jeb Bush, John McCain, and Lindsay Graham insist on sticking to policies that are not working.&nbsp; Under these circumstances, the only thing left for Tea Partiers to do is what they are doing -- use their power of the purse to limit the harm that the Federal Government can do, and block as many Obama/Moderate bi-partisan deals as possible.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/As-for-that-effort-at-GOP-re-branding..../219248466249981483.htmlLaura2013-06-10T16:04:00ZWith immigration, it all comes down to BoehnerLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/With-immigration,-it-all-comes-down-to-Boehner/-30847663082272510.html2013-06-06T19:35:00Z2013-06-06T19:35:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>On my show Thursday Speaker John Boehner pledged that immigration would be considered "in regular order."&nbsp; That should not give Gang of 8 opponents comfort.&nbsp; Pro-amnesty folks are betting Boehner will sell out Republicans in conference. Consider what Washington Post Ezra Klein <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/05/the-house-wont-have-a-bipartisan-immigration-bill-thats-maybe-okay/?wprss=rss_ezra-klein" target="_blank">reports</a>:</p>
<p>"The premise is that the purpose of the House process is to get a bill through the House. It could be a good bill. It could be a bad bill. It just has to be a bill. Because once something makes it through the House it will go to conference with the Senate. Once it goes to conference with the Senate, the Senate can force a product that&rsquo;s more like its bill than the House bill. And once the process is that near to completion, House Republicans will be afraid to kill it. Speaker John Boehner will waive the Hastert rule, it&rsquo;ll be passed with a bunch of Democratic votes, and President Obama will have something to sign."</p>
<p>Just as we've worried all along.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/With-immigration,-it-all-comes-down-to-Boehner/-30847663082272510.htmlLaura2013-06-06T19:35:00ZNSA phone sweeps & open bordersLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NSA-phone-sweeps--open-borders/-294133246419188162.html2013-06-06T16:34:00Z2013-06-06T16:34:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>One of the reasons that NSA probably feels like it needs to sweep domestic phone records is our woefully inadequate border protection. Since anyone in the world&ndash; including terrorists--can get in here with relative ease, much of the hard work of rooting out terrorism has to be done inside the United States. When&nbsp;&nbsp;the government fails to live up to its responsibility to do the job of enforcing the immigration and border enforcement laws on the books, we the people always pay the price. &nbsp;We've paid economically. &nbsp;We've paid culturally. &nbsp;And in this case, the price is our 4th Amendment right to be free of the government's prying eyes. &nbsp;</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NSA-phone-sweeps--open-borders/-294133246419188162.htmlLaura2013-06-06T16:34:00ZSurveillance nation: phone records kept by Obama AdministrationLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Surveillance-nation:-phone-records-kept-by-Obama-Administration/-201768240317443385.html2013-06-06T11:52:00Z2013-06-06T11:52:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The NSA's <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jun/06/nsa-phone-records-verizon-court-order" target="_blank">seizure of Verizon telephone records</a> is one more argument to shrink the size and scope of this government. The Patriot Act --of course passed at the urging of the Bush Administration post 9/11--was passed with insufficient consideration of the potential for abuse by an overzealous Executive Branch. Civil libertarians properly warned about this sweeping legislation which gave unprecedented powers to federal authorities to conduct surveillance on innocent people. Now, given what we know about Obamanauts at the IRS who harassed political opponents, it is no wonder that Verizon customers woke up fuming today. A Republican running for the presidency in '16 would do well, especially among young people if he or she pledged to roll back the "bipartisan surveillance apparatus." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Surveillance-nation:-phone-records-kept-by-Obama-Administration/-201768240317443385.htmlLaura2013-06-06T11:52:00ZAmnesty Battle: The tea party versus the elites (again)Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amnesty-Battle:-The-tea-party-versus-the-elites-again/-398507055609099053.html2013-06-05T21:04:00Z2013-06-05T21:04:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><br /><br />My latest immigration thoughts after talking to three top House staffers and hearing from two in Senate leadership: I am not so sure that "the fix is really in." Remember, GOP elites thought they had the votes for amnesty in 2007, but those votes melted away under pressure. If the Tea Party begins bombarding these people with emails &amp; calls, threatening primary challenges, I'm not sure they can get 60 votes in the Senate. <br /><br /> The Tea Partiers should also start complaining to their favorite conservative media figures that are not doing enough to stop this mess. People should ask them, "Where were you when we fought against the Obama-McCain-Schumer-Rubio amnesty?" Their silence is tacit approval of a bill that is a gift to expanded government and a kick in the gut to the middle class. <br /><br /> Every Republican should be asked, over and over: Why are you helping Barack Obama pass his top legislative priority? Why are you on the side of Chuck Schumer against your own constituents? Why should we vote for you if you are no better than the liberals? Why are we in such a hurry to pass this bill? Have you read the whole thing? <br /><br /> You will notice that up to this point, almost everyone in the GOP caucus has left the door open to back away from immigration reform. If they feel enough pressure from their constituents, they may back down. The Capitol switchboard number is (202) 225-3121. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amnesty-Battle:-The-tea-party-versus-the-elites-again/-398507055609099053.htmlLaura2013-06-05T21:04:00ZDems look to Supreme Court for immigration fixLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dems-look-to-Supreme-Court-for-immigration-fix/-433933533705843153.html2013-06-05T00:38:00Z2013-06-05T00:38:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I wonder what Rubio &amp; Co. think of <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/dems-look-supreme-court-fix-immigration-bill-gay-194925689.html" target="_blank">this</a>. <br /><br /> So we're not going to put this provision in the bill, because that would render the bill "unpassable." And then the Supreme Court will put the provision into the bill after it is passed. More brilliance from the GOP. There is still time for Sen. Rubio to save us all the agony, the in-fighting, the expanded government bureaucracy, and a new "legal" dependency class-- he can leave this travesty behind. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dems-look-to-Supreme-Court-for-immigration-fix/-433933533705843153.htmlLaura2013-06-05T00:38:00ZChina wins (oil) in Iraq, we lose outLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/China-wins-oil-in-Iraq,-we-lose-out/-83664822811798032.html2013-06-03T16:15:00Z2013-06-03T16:15:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>You probably know someone (or know someone who knows someone) who deployed in the Iraq War, maybe even someone who was seriously wounded, or heaven forbid, didn't make it back. The heartache never really fades. Imagine being a member of our Armed Forces, or related to someone who was away on multiple deployments, only to learn that China is profiting from the blood and sweat you expended there. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/03/world/middleeast/china-reaps-biggest-benefits-of-iraq-oil-boom.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">This New York Times article</a> is one of the most depressing things I've read in a long time about Iraq. <br /><br /> &ldquo;We lost out,&rdquo; said Michael Makovsky, a former Defense Department official in the Bush administration who worked on Iraq oil policy. &ldquo;The Chinese had nothing to do with the war, but from an economic standpoint they are benefiting from it, and our Fifth Fleet and air forces are helping to assure their supply.&rdquo; <br /><br /> Heckuva job, Republicans! Why don't you guys spend some more time making up jokes about Michelle Bachmann? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/China-wins-oil-in-Iraq,-we-lose-out/-83664822811798032.htmlLaura2013-06-03T16:15:00ZIn defense of a conservative who actually accomplished somethingLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/In-defense-of-a-conservative-who-actually-accomplished-something/-539228762842062313.html2013-05-31T12:25:00Z2013-05-31T12:25:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Former Bushie Pete Wehner, who recently advised Mitt Romney on his way to defeat in 2012, is at it again. A man who has never given up trying to resuscitate "compassionate conservatism," he now spends time attacking the views of an elderly but still vigorous Phyllis Schlafly, who at the end of her life, is <a href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/05/30/phyllis-schlafly-and-the-road-to-gop-ruin/" target="_blank">offering her own advice</a> for the GOP. Essentially, she argues that the GOP should appeal to its own grassroots before bending over backwards to throw bones to constituencies that have not proven hospitable to conservative appeals. (I think there's more hope in attracting Latino voters than she does, but I also get her overall point that Republicans cannot win if it has a demoralized white voter base.) <br /><br /> One needn't agree with everything Phyllis Schlafly says or does, to know that she has literally forgotten more about how to win political victories for conservatism than every member of the Bush family and their staff combined. <br /><br /> How dare ex-Bushies &ndash; the same crowd who practically destroyed the GOP only a few years ago &ndash; make political criticism of someone who defeated the ERA, and who played a major role in building Reagan's original coalition? <br /><br /> How dare ex-Bushies celebrate the fact that their guy got 40 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2004, as though 40 percent is a number to be proud of when in Bush 43's wake the GOP lost the House, Senate and White House? <br /><br /> How dare ex-Bushies imply that someone like Phyllis Schlafly has "lost the ambition to convince" people of the virtues of conservatism, when the Bush Administration drove so many people away from conservatism? When did the Bush Administration show "the ambition to convince" Americans about the benefits of conservatism? When it fought what most Americans now believer were two pointless wars? When it refused to enforce immigration law as the people demanded? When it presided over the decline of U.S. power and prestige? When it ran up huge budget deficits? When it supported new entitlement programs? When it tried to put Harriet Miers on the Supreme Court? When it fought for amnesty for illegal aliens? <br /><br /> To watch people from the Bush Administration attack an 88-year-old woman who devoted her life to making this country better, and who should be regarded as one of the great heroines of American history for her fight against the ERA, is appalling and disgusting. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/In-defense-of-a-conservative-who-actually-accomplished-something/-539228762842062313.htmlLaura2013-05-31T12:25:00ZAmerica . . . in decline as China moves inLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/America-.-.-.-in-decline-as-China-moves-in/585906003618783345.html2013-05-30T11:52:00Z2013-05-30T11:52:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>So far, it looks like the Chinese are going to roll over Obama like he's not even there. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/29/world/asia/china-to-seek-more-equal-footing-with-us-in-talks.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">This summit</a> is going to present a golden opportunity for Republicans to argue that Obama is weak. Will they take it? Or will they keep beating up conservatives over immigration? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/America-.-.-.-in-decline-as-China-moves-in/585906003618783345.htmlLaura2013-05-30T11:52:00ZEven the Economist is worried about the EULaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Even-the-Economist-is-worried-about-the-EU/857796144595453161.html2013-05-28T00:08:00Z2013-05-28T00:08:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21578386-euro-zone-desperately-need-boost-no-news-bad-news-sleepwalkers" target="_blank">And these are the guys</a> Obama wants us to merge with.&nbsp; Again: Why wouldn't we encourage countries to leave this debacle? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Even-the-Economist-is-worried-about-the-EU/857796144595453161.htmlLaura2013-05-28T00:08:00ZTo the old Bushies trying to claim "true conservatism"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/To-the-old-Bushies-trying-to-claim-true-conservatism/-592152194754878722.html2013-05-24T20:36:00Z2013-05-24T20:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>All the old George W. Bush advisers are coming out of the woodwork now, eager to jump on the "immigration reform" bandwagon that ran into a ditch in 2007. They were furious when conservatives rose up to kill the Bush amnesty, and are hopeful this time will be different. Many of these people--some are friends--still somehow believe in Bush's "American greatness conservatism" or "compassionate conservatism," despite the party having lost the House, Senate &amp; Presidency during their experiment. They mostly looked down on the tea party, the grassroots people who grew fed up with big spending at home and abroad. Now in <a href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2013/05/24/what-is-true-conservatism/" target="_blank">Commentary</a>, former George W. Bush speechwriter &amp; Mitt Romney adviser Pete Wehner queries "What is true conservatism?" He writes: <br /><br /> "What is required of statesmen is wisdom and good judgment, sobriety, foresight and prudence." <br /><br /> Fair enough. Could you give us examples of that from the GOP Establishment? <br /><br /> Looking back, was it "wisdom and good judgment" to launch two wars with no coherent plans for victory or payment? <br /><br /> Was it "sobriety" to allow millions of illegal immigrants into the country? <br /><br /> Was it "foresight" to ignore signs that a housing bubble was in the offing, or to run up huge deficits all through the Bush years? <br /><br /> Was it "prudence" to put people like Alberto Gonzalez and Mike Brown into positions of authority? <br /><br /> Is it "wisdom and good judgment" to let Barack Obama and Chuck Schumer re-write the nation's immigration laws in a manner that favors the left? <br /><br /> Pete Wehner is missing the whole point of why the Tea Party is so furious with the GOP Establishment. Yes, we think that they are a bunch of squishes, hacks and sell-outs. That is true. But we also think despite all their advanced degrees, they're stupid. We think that their ideas on immigration are crazier than anything they claim Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann ever dreamed up. We think their economic policies make Herman Cain look like J.P. Morgan. And we think their political judgment is childish, and that they are always, always being rolled by the Democrats. We certainly don't think they are showing Wisdom, Good Judgment, Sobriety, Foresight, or Prudence. When they start showing those fine qualities, we will take them more seriously. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/To-the-old-Bushies-trying-to-claim-true-conservatism/-592152194754878722.htmlLaura2013-05-24T20:36:00ZFlashback: BRILLIANT Milton Friedman v. WSJ on immigration (& Iraq)Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Flashback:-BRILLIANT-Milton-Friedman-v.-WSJ-on-immigration--Iraq/-651727167010231029.html2013-05-24T18:47:00Z2013-05-24T18:47:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p><strong>BRIMELOW</strong>&nbsp;<em>Where does the Wall Street Journal's editorial page campaign for fixed exchange rates fit into this?</em></p>
<p><strong>FRIEDMAN</strong>&nbsp;You got me! I think that's just an aberration. My God, how the hell can they stick with that? They've just got an id&eacute;e fixe about it.&nbsp;<strong>Like they've got on immigration. It's just obvious that you can't have free immigration and a welfare state.</strong></p>
<p>The debate about floating exchange rates has been won by the floaters, other than [Columbia University economist Robert] Mundell, who is a nonfloater among major American economists.</p>
<p><strong>BRIMELOW</strong>&nbsp;[Wall Street Journal&nbsp;<em>editor Robert</em>]&nbsp;<em>Bartley says he thinks the nation-state is dead, that we're moving to a world driven by markets, free movement of labor and capital. I'm not sure what he thinks the political institutions will be. Your view?</em></p>
<p><strong>FRIEDMAN</strong>&nbsp;No, I don't think the nation-state is dead. And all attempts to depart from the nation-state in the direction of the United Nations and a United States of Europe have so far been complete disasters. It's kind of hard, I think, to get the American public to go that direction very far. They're not very happy with the United Nations. There are beginning to be some rumbles about opposition to the IMF [International Monetary Fund].</p>
<p><strong>BRIMELOW&nbsp;</strong><em>A lot of opposition to NAFTA came from fear of loss of sovereignty . . .</em></p>
<p><strong>FRIEDMAN&nbsp;</strong>I thought NAFTA was a terrible treaty--except that it was better than nothing! [Laughs.] I'd rather have unilateral free trade in the United States.</p>
<p>Other examples [of failed supranational institutions] are the IMF and the World Bank. We would never do with our own money what the IMF and the World Bank have done.</p>
<p>Look what's happening now with Iraq. The United States wants to hide behind the United Nations. Our Iraq policy has been stupid from the beginning. We ought to declare defeat. Give up. Say we're not going to be a policeman for the Europeans. Call it isolationist if you will, but I don't see any other way out.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.vdare.com/articles/vdarecom-091406-hoover-institution-hoover-digest-1998-no-2-interview-by-peter-brimelow-milt" target="_blank">Read More</a>.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Flashback:-BRILLIANT-Milton-Friedman-v.-WSJ-on-immigration--Iraq/-651727167010231029.htmlLaura2013-05-24T18:47:00ZMemo to the House GOP on ImmigrationLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Memo-to-the-House-GOP-on-Immigration/-936830394397635353.html2013-05-23T21:42:00Z2013-05-23T21:42:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Does this Thursday statement from the House leadership make you nervous?
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"While we applaud the progress made by our Senate colleagues, there are numerous ways in which the House will approach the issue differently. The House remains committed to fixing our broken immigration system, but we will not simply take up and accept the bill that is emerging in the Senate if it passes. Rather, through regular order, the House will work its will and produce its own legislation."</p>
<p>Excuse me if I'm not bowled over by the wishy-washy language. Here are a few thoughts for our GOP Republicans trying to decide how to handle the immigration issue: <br /> <br /> 1. It doesn't really matter what the House will do on its own--what matters is what comes out of any House/Senate conference. Will you promise, for example, that you will never bring a bill to the floor that includes a path to citizenship? Will you promise that you will never bring a bill to the floor that allows illegals to get state and local welfare? One that doesn't provide for biometric entry-exit tracking of visa-holders? One that doesn't allow for the consideration of "country of origin" in determining admissibility? Will they promise not to bring up any bill at all in a lame-duck session after the 2014 elections? (This would guard against a bunch of folks who have already lost their seats voting to change our immigration system.)<br /> <br /> If the House/Senate conference is likely to produce a bill we don't like, then we don't want any bill to pass the House at all. We don't want hearings. We don't want discussion. We would rather have them drop the issue altogether and worry about issues that are actually important to the overwhelming majority of Americans. <br /> <br /> 2. We distrust any language about how the border system is "broken." That's straight out of the Rubio-Schumer-McCain-Durbin talking points, and we flatly reject their approach. The system is "broken" only because George W. Bush and Obama refused to enforce the law. It seems nuts to reward that type of bad behavior by giving Obama a law that he wants.<br /> <br /> 3. We are very skeptical of the notion that our economy is hurting because we don't have enough immigrants. In the first place, we already have <em>at least</em> 11 million immigrants who shouldn't be here. In the second place, we don't have nearly enough jobs for the people who are already here. When there is a shortage of labor, we will see wages increase significantly. Until we see that happen, it is ludicrous to act as though we don't have enough workers.<br /> <br /> 4. No immigration reform will "restore faith in our immigration system." After years and years of lies and efforts to undermine border enforcement, we do not believe that either the Democrats or the GOP Establishment ever intends to enforce the borders. There is nothing Congress can do to change our minds on this point -- we have been burned too many times by laws that were never enforced. The only way we will be satisfied is when we see that every single law currently on the books is being enforced as written.<br /> <br /> 5. We will not be distracted. No matter how often John McCain and Eric Cantor criticize the Obama Administration over the IRS scandal or Benghazi, or how many times Paul Ryan calls for serious entitlement reform, or how many filibusters are led by Mitch McConnell. If they want our support in 2014, then they have to come through for us on immigration -- period. Immigration is the Obama Administration's top priority, and if handled badly by Republicans, it will give the Democrats a permanent working majority. If the Republicans can't get this right, then there is little reason for conservatives to keep voting Republican.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Memo-to-the-House-GOP-on-Immigration/-936830394397635353.htmlLaura2013-05-23T21:42:00Z'Conservative' economists claim amnesty will boost economy (they're wrong)Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Conservative-economists-claim-amnesty-will-boost-economy-theyre-wrong/-782457299478050861.html2013-05-23T18:28:00Z2013-05-23T18:28:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Expect a lot of fanfare from the release of a document signed by 100+ economists who claim that immigration amnesty will be a major boon to the economy. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-pn-immigration-letter-20130522,0,2627317.story" target="_blank">American Action Forum</a>, headed up by former McCain economic adviser Douglas Holtz-Eakin claims, contends that legalizing the millions of illegal aliens currently here will lead to "positive impact on population growth, labor force growth, housing, and other markets will lead to more rapid economic growth." Unconcerned by the billions in additional federal spending just on <a href="http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/Immigration-costs-illegal-demint/2013/05/06/id/502967" target="_blank">Obamacare</a> alone, the economists see &ldquo;a positive impact on the federal budget." <br /><br /> It seems as though what they are saying is that we will let in a whole lot of new people, and that those people will buy things, including housing, and that this will cause the economy to grow. That seems like a pretty simplistic analysis. What if all the new people vote in such a manner that the Democrats develop a permanent and overwhelming majority, as has happened in California? What would be the impact of all those liberal tax and spend programs on the economy? What about the impact of a world in which the EPA's powers are virtually unlimited? Or the impact of a world in which liberals on the Supreme Court are free to go after business in every possible way? Or the impact of a world in which liberals are the ones negotiating all of our trade agreements with other countries? Have they taken any of this into account? <br /><br /> Remember: passing this bill means that you support the California option -- you support changing the country so that conservatives will never again have the chance to govern. I don't see how anyone who believes in the free market will think that's good for the economy. <br /><br /> Now they also cite some CBO figures, which seem almost trivial to me. If the best the CBO can do is say that immigration reform will lower the deficit by $300 billion over 10 years -- that would only be $30 billion per year, which is a rounding error in our federal budget. Those effects are so small that they could easily be overwhelmed by other developments -- such as massive new taxes imposed with the votes of illegal aliens. <br /><br /> In short, this all seems like the same-old fantasy stuff the GOP Establishment is always selling to itself -- only look on the bright side of any idea you have, and never consider what could go wrong. It may be idealistic, and it may even be a pleasant way to live -- but it is not conservative. <br /><br /> Additionally, it is worth noting that many of the most prominent of the economists signing on to immigration reform have gotten major issues wrong before. Former Bush and Romney adviser Glenn Hubbard, for example, recently argued that the well-to-do should pay more in taxes through the elimination of deductions. As the <a href="http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/11/glenn-hubbard-s-tax-increase-compromise" target="_blank">Heritage Foundation</a> noted: "The flaw in Hubbard&rsquo;s argument is that he presumes that somebody must pay more tax before Congress and the President can agree to the spending cuts Hubbard prefers. Hubbard&rsquo;s is ultimately not a budgetary judgment, because nothing about the budget compels higher taxes." At the 2005 Council on Foreign Relations event, Hubbard also downplayed concerns about the growing federal deficit. "[W]e&rsquo;ve had now a decade of people saying we will have a necessary collapse. The truth is as an economics profession we don&rsquo;t know what the critical threshold for a country like the United States is for current account deficit relative to GDP." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Conservative-economists-claim-amnesty-will-boost-economy-theyre-wrong/-782457299478050861.htmlLaura2013-05-23T18:28:00ZOklahoma City Tornado: How You Can HelpLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Oklahoma-City-Tornado:-How-You-Can-Help/417815234254382956.html2013-05-21T04:06:00Z2013-05-21T04:06:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>We sent an Ingraham Show donation to help the good people of Oklahoma. <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/oklahoma-city-tornado-help-211133510.html" target="_blank">We hope you will too</a>. Prayers for the victims who died, those who grieve their loss, and those who need to rebuild. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Oklahoma-City-Tornado:-How-You-Can-Help/417815234254382956.htmlLaura2013-05-21T04:06:00ZGOP turns on its baseLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-turns-on-its-base/-964877417926639322.html2013-05-21T03:06:00Z2013-05-21T03:06:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>If you're a spokesman for the Republican party, and you tell the press that the Republican party is hindered by an "old boy network" that undervalues women with public ambitions, you should lose your job. <br /><br /> But they can't help themselves. They get in the habit of <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/gop-official-still-institutional-barriers-republican-women-running-205021143.html" target="_blank">complaining about the base</a> with all their buddies here in DC, and then they end up making the same complaints to the press. <br /><br /> Can you really blame Republicans who say, "I want a new party"? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-turns-on-its-base/-964877417926639322.htmlLaura2013-05-21T03:06:00ZImmigration elites in GOP helping Dems hit pay dirtLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-elites-in-GOP-helping-Dems-hit-pay-dirt/-197283132548882118.html2013-05-20T17:13:00Z2013-05-20T17:13:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/300627-team-obama-digs-in-amid-scandals#ixzz2TqHhAURi" target="_blank">From The Hill</a>: "With efforts to tighten gun control having run aground, Democratic hopes are vested heavily in the precarious prospect that broad immigration reform will be enacted." <br /><br /> The White House desperately wants this bill to pass, Democrats in Congress are salivating. Why are people like Rubio and Ryan so anxious to help the Democrats pass this bill? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-elites-in-GOP-helping-Dems-hit-pay-dirt/-197283132548882118.htmlLaura2013-05-20T17:13:00ZTales from across the pond...and usLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tales-from-across-the-pond...and-us/794577274086376318.html2013-05-20T12:04:00Z2013-05-20T12:04:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Here are three interesting pieces of news from the UK:<br /><br /> 1. By the year 2031, <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4934426/Foreigners-to-outnumber-Brits-in-London-by-2031.html" target="_blank">foreigners will outnumber Brits</a>. The elites in the UK urged her citizens to accept EU membership and all that this entailed vis a vis a liberal immigration policy. Conservatives throughout the country were deeply resistant--and for good reason. Recently on the show British journalist Peter Hitchens said Britain to a large extent no longer "feels like home," as people stream in from Eastern Europe and beyond with little or no connection to the culture and traditions of his homeland. <br /><br /> 2. An unnamed senior member of Cameron's inner circle, defending Cameron's EU policy, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/may/19/tory-chairman-feldman-swivel-eyed-loons" target="_blank">described British conservatives</a> who are skeptical about the EU as "mad, swivel-eyed loons." <br /><br />3. Following the lead of the French government, Cameron is now hoping that the Labour party will help him <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2013/may/19/gay-marriage-bill-amendment-labour" target="_blank">pass a gay marriage bill</a> opposed by many British conservatives.<br /><br /> Meanwhile, our leadership is working with Chuck Schumer and Barack Obama to implement a new open-borders policy that would have a devastating effect on GOP voters. I am increasingly convinced that our biggest problem is not the left, but the folks who claim to be on our side, but who despise us too much to ever really do what we want. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tales-from-across-the-pond...and-us/794577274086376318.htmlLaura2013-05-20T12:04:00ZWashington press already declaring scandals overLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Washington-press-already-declaring-scandals-over/993635219873424658.html2013-05-16T21:02:00Z2013-05-16T21:02:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>There are signs that the newspaper that exposed the Watergate scandal four decades ago, is ready to declare President Obama's recent scandal troubles over. Consider <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/05/16/the-scandals-are-falling-apart/" target="_blank">the story</a> that one of its prominent writers Ezra Klein just filed: <br /><br /> "On Tuesday, it looked like we had three possible political scandals brewing. Two days later, with much more evidence available, it doesn&rsquo;t look like any of them will pan out. There&rsquo;ll be more hearings, and more bad press for the Obama administration, and more demands for documents. But &mdash; and this is a key qualification &mdash; absent more revelations, the scandals that could reach high don&rsquo;t seem to include any real wrongdoing, whereas the ones that include real wrongdoing don&rsquo;t reach high enough." <br /><br /> But Klein is missing the whole point here. The point behind these scandals isn't that Obama was running a criminal conspiracy out of the White House, or that he was deliberately running massive cover-ups. The point is that the government is incompetent (Benghazi), dismissive of concerns about basic civil rights (the AP documents), and corrupt (the IRS). The fact that there were not any obvious "bad apples" to be blamed for any of these events doesn't make things better for the Democrats &ndash; it makes things worse. Because if the Democrats are right &ndash; and no high-ranking people did anything wrong &ndash; then what we have is a government that doesn't work properly even when it's doing its best. And if it's the case that the State Department simply doesn't know how to protect its people in Libya, or that the Attorney General doesn't know how to manage the DOJ, or that IRS Agents simply feel free to indulge their political biases, then why would we give any of those agencies &ndash; or any other government agency &ndash; any more power, much less the sweeping powers that the Democrats want them to have? <br /><br /> It is critical that Republicans approach these scandals with the right tone and emphasis. Trying to impeach Obama or get Holder fired is a big waste of resources. We should keep emphasizing that government doesn't work properly even when the Democrats are doing their best &ndash; and that the only answer is a smaller and less intrusive government. When we can't trust the IRS, State Department, White House or DOJ to do the right thing without regard to ideology, how on earth can we trust them to get tough on the border as the Gang of 8 promises in "comprehensive immigration reform" bill? Answer: we can't. This is why sustained and verifiable enforcement of the border before considering what to do with illegal immigrants is the only sensible course. (We should also remind some of our friends on the right that this is why "Big Government Conservatism" or "Compassionate Conservatism" was a huge mistake. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Washington-press-already-declaring-scandals-over/993635219873424658.htmlLaura2013-05-16T21:02:00ZWhy Arthur Brooks is wrong: The amnesty follyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Why-Arthur-Brooks-is-wrong:-The-amnesty-folly/338339389863631922.html2013-05-16T19:44:00Z2013-05-16T19:44:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>In <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323744604578473411753698332.html" target="_blank">the Wall Street Journal</a>, Arthur Brooks, president of the conservative think-tank American Enterprise Institute, argues that the GOP is missing a huge opportunity to woo Hispanic and Asian voters if it doesn't sign on to comprehensive immigration reform. Republicans are too pessimistic about what the future will look like, he argues, when millions of formerly illegal immigrants given legal status and eventually voting rights:<br /><br />"In some apocalyptic visions, Republicans become a permanent minority through demographic change and the inability to appeal to a population that is inevitably hostile to conservative ideology. Do the math, the warning goes, and even places like Texas start to turn blue. This will only be accelerated by regularizing the status and citizenship of millions of Hispanics in the coming years. As the old saying goes, when you're in a hole, stop digging. So hit the brakes now on immigration reform."
<p>He then contends people like Sen. Jeff Sessions, former Sen. Jim DeMint, and myself make two false assumptions.</p>
<p>First, he says that "it is not true that an increasing Hispanic population means an increasing &nbsp;vote share for Democrats."</p>
<p>Second, he says that "it is not true that a conservative message will fail to appeal to Hispanics."</p>
<p>Brooks then goes on to make his own assumption:&nbsp; that there is a huge group of Hispanic voters out there who are politically conservative, but who do not vote because of "the inability or unwillingness of most conservative politicians to address the issue of primary importance to all groups of Hispanic voters:&nbsp; care for the poor."&nbsp; This is based on evidence that Hispanics are more than a third likelier than non-Hispanics to say that the government should do more to improve standards of living for the needy, and that they are 12 percentage points more likely than non-Hispanics to say the government gives "too little assistance to the poor."&nbsp; He then concludes that because Republicans have nothing to say about helping the poor, "the silent conservative Hispanic base" stays home on election day.&nbsp; Thus, "[t]he solution is to make a serious conservative bid to help the poor and vulnerable."</p>
<p>OK, let's look at this in some detail:</p>
<p>1.&nbsp; In the first place, it seems clear that the Hispanics already know how they want to help the poor and vulnerable &ndash; they want more government spending.&nbsp; According to his own article, 74 percent of Hispanics think that the government should be doing more.&nbsp; In other words, only 26 percent of Hispanics don't think that the government should be doing more. &nbsp;&nbsp;There's no evidence that a huge number of Hispanics are looking for a party that wants to shrink the size of government.</p>
<p>2.&nbsp; He seems to think that non-voting Hispanics, who are more likely to agree that "hard work" is more important than "lucky breaks or help from other people" would be open to proposals that didn't involve more government expenditures.&nbsp; But there's no reason to believe so.&nbsp; It seems obvious that many Hispanics believe&nbsp;<em>both</em>&nbsp;that "hard work" is important&nbsp;<em>and</em>&nbsp;that the government should be doing more.&nbsp; This is not surprising.&nbsp; In the Great Depression, I'm sure that many Americans who voted for FDR and the New Deal (including my grandparents)&nbsp;<em>also</em>&nbsp;believed in the importance of hard work.</p>
<p>3.&nbsp; To the extent he thinks we have a communications problem with Hispanic voters &ndash; he says we should "make it clear that the safety net for the indigent and needy is not the source of our fiscal problems" &ndash; we could work on that problem without rewarding illegal immigrants, or by making it easier for Big Business to use illegal immigration to drive down wages.&nbsp; By all means, let's preach the gospel of fiscal conservatism to Hispanics.&nbsp; Let's go into their neighborhoods.&nbsp; Let's run political ads.&nbsp; Let's do everything we can to persuade them &ndash; short of adopting a disastrous amnesty proposal that will make a joke of our national sovereignty.</p>
<p>4.&nbsp; He also proposes that we "put education reform in poor communities front and center," and that "{c}onservatives must be the warriors for pro-child, pro-parent, pro-innovation and pro-choice education reforms."&nbsp; Actually, conservatives have been fighting for these issues since at least the 1960's, and it's a slander to imply that they have not.&nbsp; Of course conservative should keep fighting this battle, but to pretend that we aren't already doing this is absurd.</p>
<p>5.&nbsp; He also proposes that conservatives "should fight every day to get the government out of the way of a healthy culture for vulnerable American families."&nbsp; Again, WE ARE ALREADY DOING THIS, and have done so for decades.&nbsp; Of course, we should keep up the good fight &ndash; but it is foolishly na&iuml;ve to think that we are losing Hispanic votes because conservatives aren't fighting hard enough in the culture wars.</p>
<p>6.&nbsp; He concludes by saying that "{i}f they commit to a long-term agenda to help the vulnerable &ndash; whether they are Hispanic or from any other group &ndash; conservatives have nothing to fear in the changing face of America."&nbsp; This is an insult to all conservatives, because it implies that up to this point, we didn't care what happened to the vulnerable.&nbsp; For over 40 years, conservatives have fought hard to convince Americans &ndash; ALL AMERICANS &ndash; that our path is the best path for everyone, including the poor.&nbsp; And we will continue to do so.&nbsp; But to agree to a massive overhaul of the immigration laws, in the hope that somehow those efforts will finally start to pay off, is ludicrous.</p>
<p>7.&nbsp; So now let's go back to his two claims.&nbsp; First, he said that "it is not true that an increasing Hispanic population means an increasing vote share for Democrats."&nbsp; The only evidence that he has put forward in support of this claim is that there are significant numbers of Hispanics who don't vote, and that those Hispanics are more likely than the others to call themselves "political conservatives" and to "express conservative attitudes."&nbsp; But the same polling data show that as a whole (including the Hispanics who don't vote), Hispanics are more supportive of big-government programs to help the poor than non-Hispanics.&nbsp; Thus, it seems clear that unless very large numbers of Hispanic voters change their minds &ndash; or the GOP starts endorsing Big Government spending programs &ndash; an increasing Hispanic population will, in fact, mean an increasing vote share for Democrats.</p>
<p>8.&nbsp; Second, he said that "it is not true that a conservative message will fail to appeal to Hispanics."&nbsp; Well, we all hope and trust that this is the case, but he certainly hasn't proven that it will work.&nbsp; Instead, he shows that despite decades of conservative speeches, books, radio shows, and other efforts to get out their message, Hispanics overwhelmingly believe that the government should be doing more to help the poor.&nbsp; I would also note that we had a GOP President &ndash; George W. Bush &ndash; who did support big government programs, who supported amnesty for illegal immigrants, and who made a massive effort to reach out to Hispanic voters.&nbsp; In 2004, he was crushed among Hispanic voters by John Kerry.&nbsp; Bush supporters claim he got 44 percent of this Hispanic vote in 2004 &ndash; which would still be a blowout loss.&nbsp; But that figure is based on exit poll data.&nbsp; Other, more detailed estimates indicate that Bush likely received 41 percent of the Hispanic vote.&nbsp; You can see that figure <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26119-2004Dec25.html">here.</a></p>
<p>If that's correct, then Kerry beat Bush among Hispanics by 59-41 percent &ndash; basically the same percentage by which Reagan beat Mondale in 1984.&nbsp; That's a devastating defeat.</p>
So, is it possible that someday conservatives will be able to reach more Hispanic voters?&nbsp; Of course it is.&nbsp; But it's also the case that in recent years, no one &ndash; not even the Bushes &ndash; have been able to figure out how to get most of the Hispanic vote.
<p>Many conservative supporters of amnesty have noble motives &ndash; they want to help folks from other countries, they want to help illegal immigrants who are already here, they want to ease tensions between conservatives and Hispanics.&nbsp; I sympathize with those goals.&nbsp; But too often in recent years, conservatives have gotten themselves in trouble because they placed their faith in overly optimistic predictions that proved not to be wildly accurate in the real world.&nbsp; Instead of spending so much time spinning scenarios about how amnesty&nbsp;<em>could</em>&nbsp;be good for Republicans, conservatives should face the stark truth that under most realistic assumptions, moving toward an open-borders system will be a huge boon for the Democrats, and an utter disaster for the right.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Why-Arthur-Brooks-is-wrong:-The-amnesty-folly/338339389863631922.htmlLaura2013-05-16T19:44:00ZTrust nothing they say at this pointLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Trust-nothing-they-say-at-this-point/-747997805581331311.html2013-05-15T12:40:00Z2013-05-15T12:40:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p><a href="http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/299791-ag-eric-holder-to-face-grilling-on-capitol-hill-#ixzz2TMVBZOvU" target="_blank">AG Eric Holder</a> asks us to trust him when he claims he knew nothing about the specifics of the broad subpoena issued for records of the Associated Press. &nbsp;Sorry, Eric, you have not earned our trust. &nbsp;From the very beginning of his tenure at Justice, it was obvious he was going to be trouble. &nbsp;Remember his famous "we are a nation of cowards when it comes to issues of race" comments? &nbsp;Then his department ran a botched surveillance operation that allowed thousands of guns to be walked across our border into Mexico, then used to kill federal agent Brian Terry. &nbsp;Oh, and let's not forget his decision not to pursue the default judgment entered against the New Black Panther Party for voter intimidation in Philadelphia, or his legal harassment of states trying to cope with an explosion of illegal immigration. &nbsp;Holder is one of the most politically motivated Attorney Generals the nation has ever endured. &nbsp;He is a loyal foot soldier of the president above all else. &nbsp;No one should trust anything he says at this point, including this: "I&rsquo;m not familiar with all that went into the formulation of the subpoena. I was recused from that matter. &nbsp;But I&rsquo;m confident that the people who are involved in this investigation &hellip; followed all of the appropriate Justice Department regulations and did things according to DOJ rules.&rdquo; &nbsp;Rules? &nbsp;You didn't know that the "rules" weren't followed in Fast &amp; Furious. &nbsp;So why should we think the rules were followed this time &nbsp;Don't let the door knob hit you.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Trust-nothing-they-say-at-this-point/-747997805581331311.htmlLaura2013-05-15T12:40:00ZDems kill another immig enforcement amendment, Rubio "disappointed"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dems-kill-another-immig-enforcement-amendment,-Rubio-disappointed/223655471320525786.html2013-05-14T19:15:00Z2013-05-14T19:15:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>If you had any doubts about whether the Gang of 8's &nbsp;"comprehensive immigration reform" bill was a raw deal for conservatives, consider this description of how things went during today's Judiciary Committee mark-up,<br /> from <em><a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2013/05/obama-tells-harvey-weinstein-justin-timberlake-blame-rush-limbaugh/65187/" target="_blank">The Hill</a></em>:&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">The panel rejected a Republican amendment to require a biometric entry and exit system at ports of entry before granting permanent legal status to 11 million illegal immigrants. &ldquo;Immigration reform must include the best exit system possible because persons who overstay their authorized stay are a big reason we now have so many illegal immigrants,&rdquo; said Alex Conant, a spokesman for Rubio. &ldquo;We wanted the Judiciary Committee to strengthen the legislation by adding biometrics to the new exit system, and we were disappointed by this morning&rsquo;s vote.&rdquo;</p>
<p>This commonsense amendment sponsored by Sen. Jeff Sessions was defeated after all Democrats and two Republicans voted to kill it. &nbsp;This is sadly another example of how Sen. Marco Rubio was rolled in negotiations over the original bill. &nbsp;He should have insisted that this provision be in the legislation before he put his name on it. &nbsp;What should he have said? &nbsp; "I will not support this bill, much less go on talk radio to defend the bill, unless it has every provision that I want." &nbsp;The time to shape the bill was <em>before</em> the amendment process. &nbsp;A seasoned legislator would have known that during markup, a senator from the minority party has limited leverage. &nbsp;Is Rubio still blissfully unaware of the fact that Schumer <em>used</em> him to brand the bill "a bipartisan effort." &nbsp;Or that McCain <em>used</em> Rubio as a human shield to protect against the conservative forces that stopped the Bush 2007 amnesty. &nbsp;What did Rubio get in return? &nbsp;A lousy bill, written mostly by Schumer staffers, which gives government bureaucrats huge discretion to waive critical provisions. &nbsp;In the end, this law, if passed, will grow both the size of government, &nbsp;and dependency on government. &nbsp;One thing is will not do--it will not seal the border or, in the case of student visas, track their entry or exit. &nbsp; If Sen. Rubio is going to be rolled this easily in the Senate, if he's going to be out-negotiated this badly on an issue this important, it doesn't portend well for his ability to take on the Democrat machine in 2016. &nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dems-kill-another-immig-enforcement-amendment,-Rubio-disappointed/223655471320525786.htmlLaura2013-05-14T19:15:00ZObama's ongoing ode to AlinskyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-ongoing-ode-to-Alinsky/-554079414223646002.html2013-05-14T12:07:00Z2013-05-14T12:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>Spare us the phony outrage, Mr. President. His press conference on Monday addressing the IRS and Benghazi scandals was a pathetic display. Not only did he "tolerate" the targeting of political foes, he laid the groundwork for it. How? President Obama--no one else--set the tone early on in his administration. People who disagreed with his agenda were to be explicitly or implicitly demonized and intimidated. From his suing states that enforce federal immigration law, to his AG calling the nation "a bunch of cowards," to his phoning Sandra Fluke to cement the "war on women" narrative, to his henchmen implicitly threatening the insurance co's that didn't line up to support Obamacare--and let's not forget his using the "punish your enemies" line to stoke anger among Latino voters. So do any of these revelations about wiretapping reporters, using the IRS to harass conservative groups, sending out Susan Rice to repeat a lie really surprise me? Not in the slightest. This is classic Alinsky-style politics that Barack Obama learned during his community organizing and from his pal Bill Ayers. Excuse me for not shedding tears for AP reporters who refused to believe in the concerns raised by many on the right. Do they believe now?</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-ongoing-ode-to-Alinsky/-554079414223646002.htmlLaura2013-05-14T12:07:00ZBritish "Conservative" Party's cautionary tale for the GOPLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/British-Conservative-Partys-cautionary-tale-for-the-GOP/532234274783582438.html2013-05-13T20:30:00Z2013-05-13T20:30:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>In honor of the visit of Britain's beleaguered PM David Cameron, here are the latest <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/may/13/farage-factor-ukip-support-record" target="_blank">poll numbers</a> in the United Kingdom for its top political parties: <br /><br /> Labour: 34 percent<br /> Tories: 28 percent<br /> UK Independence Party: 18 percent<br /> Liberal Democrats: 11 percent<br /> <br /> Not long ago, the affable but elitist Cameron was looking down his nose at the UKIP--but no longer. Not after recent parliamentary elections when the UKIP picked up far more support than the elites there ever dreamed. The Republican Establishment needs to understand that if they split the GOP by cutting unpopular deals with liberals (immigration reform!), and send even 10 percent of current registered voters out the door, they cannot win &ndash; period. <br /><br /> <a href="/pg/jsp/charts/streamingAudioMaster.jsp?dispid=302&amp;headerDest=L3BnL2pzcC9tZWRpYS9mbGFzaHdlbGNvbWUuanNwP3BpZD0xNDg5NQ==" target="_blank">Listen to Brit journalist Peter Hitchens</a>' spot-on analysis of the the parallels between the UK's flailing Conservative Party and today's drifting GOP. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/British-Conservative-Partys-cautionary-tale-for-the-GOP/532234274783582438.htmlLaura2013-05-13T20:30:00ZJoin Me at the March for Orphans, May 17 in Washington!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Join-Me-at-the-March-for-Orphans,-May-17-in-Washington!/981245731913989854.html2013-05-09T22:07:00Z2013-05-09T22:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I hope you will consider joining me on Friday, May 17, on the National Mall to urge our political leaders to take a step forward for the abandoned children of the world. As you know, I have three adopted children, who are the lights of my life. For the past few years, I have joined other adoptive families and a politicians from both parties to break the current logjam in adoptions worldwide. With your support and help, we can expand and streamline domestic and international adoption for loving, qualified families so that children of all ages here and abroad have a real chance for a "forever" family. Please <a href="https://bothendsburning.org/initiatives/the-step-forward-for-orphans-march/" target="_blank">learn more</a> about our efforts and help us turn out a great crowd. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Join-Me-at-the-March-for-Orphans,-May-17-in-Washington!/981245731913989854.htmlLaura2013-05-09T22:07:00ZObama CNO is vigilant, not worried by Chinese naval buildupLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-CNO-is-vigilant,-not-worried-by-Chinese-naval-buildup/-984896393195185486.html2013-05-08T11:46:00Z2013-05-08T11:46:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>A few of President Obama's pronouncements stick in my mind, such as "We don't seek to contain China." Well, I don't think the Administration has to worry about that anymore. Today China is investing big in its military, and using its economic might to extend its influence beyond Asia not South America, Africa and, of course, right here in the USA. For many years, we've been told that China didn't have the innovative skills necessary to build the high tech weaponry needed to match us, let alone eclipse us. But now, after decades of lawful (and unlawful) tech transfers to China, we should ask not if but when we will lose our our technical advantage over the Communist powerhouse. A joint-manufacturing agreement between Boeing and China may seem smart today, but what happens when the Chinese tells the Seattle airline maker "thanks, for the help but we don't need you here any longer"? At some point, China won't need Boeing. But Boeing will still need China. <a href="http://freebeacon.com/keeping-an-eye-on-china/" target="_blank">Read more from the Washington Free Beacon</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-CNO-is-vigilant,-not-worried-by-Chinese-naval-buildup/-984896393195185486.htmlLaura2013-05-08T11:46:00ZIslamist militia linked to Benghazi attack operates freelyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Islamist-militia-linked-to-Benghazi-attack-operates-freely/-875349401593630895.html2013-05-07T11:53:00Z2013-05-07T11:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Remember when President Obama vowed "justice" for those responsible for killing our Libyan ambassador and three other Americans last September 11? Remember when the Administration hailed the promise of the post-Ghaddafi Arab spring? Both propositions seem laughable today. There are few signs our government was ever serious about finding the perpetrators. One person who was there that night was arrested in Morocco but later released. Our federal investigators took weeks to arrive at the scene of the attack. As for that "spring" of democracy in the Arab world, it looks more like freedom's fall as religious minorities are tormented or killed, and Islamism is on the rise. The reporting by Bill Gertz of <a href="http://freebeacon.com/terrorist-haven-in-libya/" target="_blank">The Washington Free Beacon</a> sadly reinforces just how ill-suited our Commander-in-chief is for the job. The terrorists behind the attack apparently are so unconcerned about U.S. reprisals, they still freely operate within Libya. Fact is, a presidential campaign needed winning last fall, so our president helped obfuscate the truth, and run out the clock. He hoped Benghazi would be eclipsed by other events. That's leadership? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Islamist-militia-linked-to-Benghazi-attack-operates-freely/-875349401593630895.htmlLaura2013-05-07T11:53:00ZIndependence Party here they come?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Independence-Party-here-they-come/-191281596375002177.html2013-05-07T01:07:00Z2013-05-07T01:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Tea Partiers over here really need to start paying attention to what the UK Independence Party is doing. Like the British, we need a nationalist/populist movement that stands apart from, and in opposition to, the entire "political class," (as they call it in Britain). <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2013/may/03/ukip-success-cameron-show-respect" target="_blank">As you will see</a>, the Tories used to make fun of UKIP. They're not making fun any more. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Independence-Party-here-they-come/-191281596375002177.htmlLaura2013-05-07T01:07:00ZCan Mass. "Republican" Gomez win?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Can-Mass.-Republican-Gomez-win/468804469492664650.html2013-05-03T16:39:00Z2013-05-03T16:39:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Gabriel Gomez is a former Navy SEAL who is a Republican running for John Kerry's old Senate seat. Sounds great so far. One problem though: <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/02/new-immigration-bill-has-more-waivers-and-exceptions-per-page-than-obamacare/" target="_blank">he donated to Barack Obama</a>. How hopeful are you that he can beat liberal dinosaur Rep. Ed Markey? We are redefining "moderate" if to be "moderate" means a Republican who actually supports left-wing politicians. Gomez is an attractive, well-spoken man who served his country proudly--but he's obviously not a tea party Republican. Let's take the conversation to <a href="https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle" target="_blank">twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Can-Mass.-Republican-Gomez-win/468804469492664650.htmlLaura2013-05-03T16:39:00ZImmigration bill empowers NapolitanoLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-bill-empowers-Napolitano/582331523478026159.html2013-05-03T12:30:00Z2013-05-03T12:30:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>If you dislike Obamacare in part because it gives massive discretion and authority to unelected bureaucrats in Washington, then you will despise the McRubio immigration reform bill. The 844 page monstrosity delegates even more authority to Obama officials who have no interest in sealing the borders. And if you trust Janet Napolitano with carrying out strict border enforcement, then you are too uninformed to understand the <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/02/new-immigration-bill-has-more-waivers-and-exceptions-per-page-than-obamacare/" target="_blank">Daily Caller's analysis</a> of the legislation. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-bill-empowers-Napolitano/582331523478026159.htmlLaura2013-05-03T12:30:00Z"Peaceful" Immigration Protests? Not in Seattle.Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Peaceful-Immigration-Protests--Not-in-Seattle./-702898417978567796.html2013-05-02T17:03:00Z2013-05-02T17:03:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Police are reviewing surveillance video tape in the aftermath of a "May Day" march for "reforma de imigracion" (immigration reform) that turned violent. Several police officers were injured, 17 marchers arrested. Many of the marchers, shouting through bullhorns, were screaming in Spanish "Shame on you," ostensibly comments directed at members of Congress who won't give into their demands for immediate amnesty. The march was attended by union members, illegal aliens, and a few wearing scary ski masks. Police officials recounted how the crowd continued to surge around the officers and would not disperse when asked to do so, which is when the pepper spray was used. Video shows that the mood of the protest became menacing and violent. Others attended simply to voice their demands. In an interview with the <a href="http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020902731_maydayxml.html" target="_blank">Seattle Times</a> during the march, Karen Calvo, 21, wearing a graduation cap on her head, said, "We just want the government....to be able to support us with any type of scholarship or loans." Sad when "to dream" about America is less about the values of freedom and personal responsibility and more about government benefits. Once again, for decades our bloated government helped nurture this entitlement mentality, and now we are paying the steep price. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Peaceful-Immigration-Protests--Not-in-Seattle./-702898417978567796.htmlLaura2013-05-02T17:03:00ZDiva Alert! Beyonce, new toilet seats...and Michelle?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Diva-Alert!-Beyonce,-new-toilet-seats...and-Michelle/358809098325062171.html2013-05-02T12:06:00Z2013-05-02T12:06:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Is it really news worthy that <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/05/01/beyonces-tour-demands-are-insane/">Beyonce is a mega-Diva</a> when she is on tour? Walls that must be painted off-white, $900 titanium drinking straws, new toilet seats...in today's entitlement culture, why should any of us be surprised? It is fun, in this context, to think of how close the First Lady is to Mrs. Jay-Z. Mrs. Obama increasingly appeals to her "audience" as a celebrity--"Is she wearing Jason Wu again?!" "Wow, there'a a new Michelle fashion app!" "When is she next on with Jimmy Fallon?" I have said for three years that if she doesn't run for office herself in the future, Michelle will seek to replace Oprah as a trend-setting media superstar. In this endeavor, she could get a big lift from her famous friends, including Beyonce. The mutual admiration society between the First Lady of Music and Mrs. Obama is something to behold. "I love her to death," Michelle said of Beyonce last year (praising her work to end obesity). And who can forget, Beyonce's love letter to Michelle during last year's presidential campaign? "No matter the pressure and the stress of being under the microscope, she's humble, loving and sincere," penned the singing sensation of her White House BFF. And who better than Beyonce to gauge another's humility? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Diva-Alert!-Beyonce,-new-toilet-seats...and-Michelle/358809098325062171.htmlLaura2013-05-02T12:06:00ZLeft bashes Paul Ryan while Ryan is trying to help Gang of 8Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Left-bashes-Paul-Ryan-while-Ryan-is-trying-to-help-Gang-of-8/882519167939142078.html2013-05-01T20:15:00Z2013-05-01T20:15:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/05/01/1945601/paul-ryan-anchor-babies/">This is a good example</a> of how the left will always move the goal posts on immigration, so that even open-borders Republicans like Paul Ryan will always be accused of bashing Hispanics: <br /><br /> <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/05/01/1945601/paul-ryan-anchor-babies/">http://thinkprogress.org/immigration/2013/05/01/1945601/paul-ryan-anchor-babies/</a> <br /><br /> It's just incredible to me how na&iuml;ve people like Ryan and Marco Rubio are being. They're helping the Democrats by supporting this bill, and yet they are still going to be bashed from the left. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Left-bashes-Paul-Ryan-while-Ryan-is-trying-to-help-Gang-of-8/882519167939142078.htmlLaura2013-05-01T20:15:00Z"Heaven is for Real" Director Randall Wallace on his faith, films...and human sufferingLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Heaven-is-for-Real-Director-Randall-Wallace-on-his-faith,-films...and-human-suffering/326549953484127010.html2013-05-01T13:25:00Z2013-05-01T13:25:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>When acclaimed Hollywood screenwriter and director Randall Wallace stopped by our Los Angeles studio to chat about his new film project "Heaven is for Real," I knew a couple of radio segments weren't going to be adequate for all the catching up we had to do. <a href="http://bit.ly/Ygs3Ys">Listen to a special LauraEXTRA conversation</a> about his desire to "make it matter" in every film production, a feeling amplified after a year where he has endured grueling health struggles and the death of his mother. As I would have expected, Wallace turns his own personal challenges into an opportunity to forge a deeper commitment to Christ in every aspect of his life. I hope you enjoy this discussion as much as I did. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Heaven-is-for-Real-Director-Randall-Wallace-on-his-faith,-films...and-human-suffering/326549953484127010.htmlLaura2013-05-01T13:25:00ZReuters fawns over female priest, Obama calls gay NBA playerLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Reuters-fawns-over-female-priest,-Obama-calls-gay-NBA-player/-499389123641930094.html2013-04-30T21:24:00Z2013-04-30T21:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Of course the "dinosaur" media will love her--she slaps tradition in the face. They loved Sandra Fluke not just because she clamored for free birth control but because she attended a "Catholic University." The press prominently <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matt-vespa/2013/04/29/reuters-fawns-over-female-priest-omits-she-isnt-really-catholic#ixzz2RwSObbdP">features stories</a> involving students who refuse to recite (or even stand for) the Pledge of Allegiance due to some "principled" stance against this or that long-standing American policy. And after telling us for decades that there should be a zone of privacy around what people do in their own bedrooms, the left-wing media and political establishment rush to embrace covering every sexual revelation. The president finds time in his schedule to call an NBA player who publicly declares his homosexuality. Michelle tweeted "we've got your back." (Do all gay people get such encouragement or only famous ones?) As for the rest of you who scratch your heads at all this, if you are waiting for validation from today's culture, you'll wait a long time. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Reuters-fawns-over-female-priest,-Obama-calls-gay-NBA-player/-499389123641930094.htmlLaura2013-04-30T21:24:00ZThe "diversity" president flops...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-diversity-president-flops.../390257857989157054.html2013-04-29T12:12:00Z2013-04-29T12:12:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>...but will the GOP take advantage of the opportunity he leaves behind? <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/black-pols-stymied-in-obama-era-90727.html#ixzz2RqT5xCF7">This story from Politico</a> points out a humiliating and revealing fact for Democrats--under the leadership of America's first black president, the Dems are less "diverse" than the GOP. Not that Republicans get any credit for that--remember, many liberals think conservative blacks and Latinos don't really count. (The truth is that there is nothing more frightening to a liberal pol than a courageous, smart conservative minority candidate.) In the end, ideas still matter. Republicans who choose to preach the gospel of individual enterprise, smaller government, the rule of law, and strong families can win converts in unlikely places. Pandering to minorities on issues like amnesty or creating new government programs will never work. Democrats can always outbid that hand--and will. Once you stray from first principles, it becomes hard to right your course because you lose credibility with supporters and opponents. We'll know a lot more about what Republicans have learned by this time next year. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-diversity-president-flops.../390257857989157054.htmlLaura2013-04-29T12:12:00ZPresident Obama &#9829; Planned ParenthoodLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/President-Obama-9829;-Planned-Parenthood/787300703412380606.html2013-04-27T14:01:00Z2013-04-27T14:01:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>A few weeks ago, when he was pushing for gun control measures after the Newtown massacre, President Obama said "if there&rsquo;s even one thing we can do to reduce this violence, if there&rsquo;s even one life that can be saved, then we&rsquo;ve got an obligation to try." &nbsp;So how ironic and revealing that on Friday he became the first sitting president to <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-12-minute-speech-planned-parenthood-time-76-abortions-planned-parenthood">address Planned Parenthood</a> the organization responsible for more death and destruction of innocent life in America than any other. &nbsp;At a breakfast speech, the president actually praised the abortion factory: &nbsp;&ldquo;Lives you saved, women you&rsquo;ve empowered, families that you have strengthened.&rdquo; &nbsp;The millions of infants who have had their lives brutally ended in the clinics of abortuaries nationwide are apparently irrelevant to the man. &nbsp;Obama proclaimed that Planned Parenthood "is here to stay" and ended his remarks with "God bless you." &nbsp;To that, one can only say, "God help us." &nbsp;President Obama was right, he does have an "obligation to try" to "reduce this violence"--there are millions of lives waiting to be saved. &nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/President-Obama-9829;-Planned-Parenthood/787300703412380606.htmlLaura2013-04-27T14:01:00ZOur obsession with "The President's Club"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Our-obsession-with-The-Presidents-Club/934097632402375908.html2013-04-27T13:53:00Z2013-04-27T13:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Much has been made of the "president's club" this week, when all five living presidents of the United States gathered in Dallas for the unveiling of the George W. Bush Presidential Center. The back-slapping among the members of "the most exclusive club in the world" (Obama's words) is supposed to reassure Americans about the state of things. Out of work? Don't worry, Obama really likes Bush. Under-employed? Don't stress out, Clinton had late night calls with Bush 43 during his second term. Anxious about your family's future? Chill out, Bush is now more popular than Obama. Excuse us, if we are not impressed. Much of the country is in dire shape. Citizens are being asked to "sacrifice" more, work harder while they are being paid less--as millions of non-citizens are catered to and fretted over. You're either a club person or you're not. Elites are reassured in the club atmosphere, insulated by the hoi-polloi. Most hard-working people in this country just want to believe that things are going to improve for themselves and their families. Yes, the Bushes are nice people. Yes, they are a lovely family. Yes, GWB and GHWB are patriots. Yes, they did some good things. But let's not let the gauzy days of late April in Dallas obscure the fact that without the last Bush, we wouldn't have Obamacare, a $16.5T debt, several failed stimulus packages, and a federal judiciary lurching to the left. <br /><br /> While Bush 43's personal popularity is higher than when he left office (how could it not be?), his policies remain supremely unpopular nationwide. Much of what the last Bush did was not only not conservative, it was downright liberal: prescription drug entitlement we could not afford, a massive increase in education spending that accomplished little, unqualified cabinet members like Alberto Gonzales, and a Supreme Court pick such as Harriet Miers, and numerous other stops along the road of "compassionate conservatism." Until Republicans come to terms with with his disastrous "decisions points," they can look forward to seeing the president's club membership turn as blue as California. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Our-obsession-with-The-Presidents-Club/934097632402375908.htmlLaura2013-04-27T13:53:00ZRubio running out of wriggle roomLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rubio-running-out-of-wriggle-room/126578239739348557.html2013-04-23T23:00:00Z2013-04-23T23:00:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/immigration-reform-could-upend-electoral-college-90478.html#ixzz2RJv6xC5w" target="_blank">Politico</a> reported today something that many of us have known for some time: the "comprehensive" immigration bill written by the Gang of 8 and supported by the White House is a huge gift to the Democrats: <br /><br />
<p style="padding-left: 25px;">"If these [11 million] people had been on the voting rolls in 2012 and voted along the same lines as other Hispanic voters did last fall, President Barack Obama's relatively narrow victory last fall would have been considerably wider. Key swing states that Obama fought tooth and nail to win - like Florida, Colorado and Nevada - would have been comfortably in his column. And the president would have come very close to winning Arizona."</p>
Seeing the potential fallout from this analysis, Republican Sen. Marco Rubio's office jumped into rapid response mode. His office issued a statement attempting to debunk the claim that the "Gang's" pathway to citizenship portends GOP electoral ruin, citing the words of none other than George W. Bush consigliere Karl Rove: "Not all 11 million illegal immigrants here today will qualify to become citizens, and not all of the 11 million illegal immigrants are Hispanic. Historically, many green card holders choose not to become citizens. And, unfortunately, not all eligible voters - regardless of their backgrounds - turn out to vote." <br /><br /> So let me get this straight, conservatives shouldn't worry because "not all" of the "Dreamers" and their parents will want to be citizens or vote? Totally unpersuasive. It seems to me that the Obama campaign did a pretty good job of turning out voters that the Romney people didn't think would turn out, so I'm not going to rely on likely voter models pushed by folks like Karl Rove. Imagine the campaign commercial Democrats will now be able to produce in 2014 and 2016: "Republicans like Marco Rubio and Karl Rove don't think you'll vote. Prove them wrong! Si se puede!" <br /><br /> Plus, who in the Obama DHS is going to deny someone with provisional status citizenship because he or she is missing some document or can't pay a fine? Please. All these "requirements" will be waived and exceptions will be made, certainly under a Democrat president. And is Rubio really so naive as to believe that Democrats will leave immigration alone even if this bill is passed? Nothing stops them from coming back in 2014 and promising to eliminate some of the "burdens" and "waiting periods" that mean-spirited Republicans insisted on. Then what does Rubio &amp; Co. do? <br /><br /> Finally, we should note that the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/04/23/rubio-pushes-back-on-politico-immigration-report/?wpisrc=nl_pmpolitics" target="_blank">Washington Post</a> did its own examination of the trends and basically agreed with Politico: "[We] looked at the potential fallout of immigration reform earlier this year, and <span style="text-decoration: underline;">concluded</span> that - with all the caveats that Rubio mentioned - Democrats would likely benefit." So even the pro-amnesty Washington Post doesn't believe Rubio (or Rove). <br /><br /> The longer this debate goes on, the more Marco Rubio boxes himself into a corner and the worse he'll look to conservatives. Either he is too naive to understand the consequences of the legislation as drafted and the intentions of those who would implement it. Or he is all in with the fanatical open-borders agenda being pushed by the Obama Administration and his fellow gang members. Memo to Marco: Run, don't walk, to the nearest exit. </span> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rubio-running-out-of-wriggle-room/126578239739348557.htmlLaura2013-04-23T23:00:00ZTrusting JanetLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Trusting-Janet/779409486272212439.html2013-04-23T12:18:00Z2013-04-23T12:18:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>If you love the monster law Obamacare, you will be head over heels for "comprehensive immigration reform." &nbsp;The bill, touted by President Obama and the GOP triumvirate of McGrahubio (shorthand for McCain, Graham and Rubio), gives enormous latitude to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano regarding the implementation of the supposed "strictest border enforcement" ever. &nbsp;That alone should terrify anyone who has followed the enforcement farce of the past two decades. &nbsp;Recall the same wide berth was granted to HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius in her administration of the 2700-page healthcare law. &nbsp;Promises of affordability and simplicity fade away with absurd rules such as the contraception mandate and with Sebelius defining critical terms in the unwieldy law. &nbsp;<a href="http://nationalreview.com/article/346345/immigration-power-grab" target="_blank">National Review has a terrific take</a>:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">The 844-page&nbsp;<a href="http://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/?a=Files.Serve&amp;File_id=b0a97f73-03ff-40a3-9910-45286495cf42">bill</a>&nbsp;contains 129 instances of what the DHS secretary &ldquo;shall&rdquo; do to implement its myriad provisions, 102 mentions of what she &ldquo;may&rdquo; do, and 35 cases in which implementation will be based on what the secretary &ldquo;determines.&rdquo; On five occasions, the bill affirms the DHS secretary&rsquo;s &ldquo;unreviewable discretion&rdquo; to waive or alter certain provisions as she sees fit.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">In many cases, Napolitano would be able to decide how strictly to enforce many of the bill&rsquo;s major provisions, which some conservatives charge could result in millions of additional&nbsp;immigrants&rsquo; being eligible for legal status. After all, she is the same DHS secretary who <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20047102-503544.html">said</a>&nbsp;border security was &ldquo;better now than it ever has been.&rdquo; And given the Obama administration&rsquo;s apparent&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/node/345870">reluctance</a>&nbsp;to enforce current immigration law, critics fear that many of the bill&rsquo;s enforcement measures are likely to be (at the secretary&rsquo;s discretion) watered down, if not ignored entirely.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Trusting-Janet/779409486272212439.htmlLaura2013-04-23T12:18:00ZImmigration reformers' sleight of handLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-reformers-sleight-of-hand/300316074084548645.html2013-04-17T12:23:00Z2013-04-17T12:23:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Of all that has been written about the immigration debate, I think the great <a href="http://spectator.org/archives/2013/04/17/immigration-sophistry" target="_blank">Tom Sowell captures the frustration</a> of middle-class Americans best. They have few champions in the debate over legalizing 11 million people, but from the campus of Stanford University, one of the brightest economic minds in the country, speaks for them: <br /><br /> "Impressive feats of sophistry have become the norm in discussions of illegal immigration. For example, we are told that there is no way that the government can find all the people who are in the country illegally and deport them. Does anyone imagine that the government can find all the embezzlers, drunk drivers or bank robbers in the country? And does anyone think that this is a reason why the government should stop trying to enforce laws against embezzlement, drunk driving or bank robbery? Or let embezzlers, drunk drivers and bank robbers "come out of the shadows" and "normalize" their lives? <br /><br /> ...Why are there immigration laws in the first place? For the benefit of the American people -- not for the benefit of people in other countries who want to come here. <br /><br /> But political and media elites treat the American people as if they are the problem -- a problem to be circumvented with sophistry and pious promises about border security that have not been kept in all these years since the last amnesty, decades ago." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-reformers-sleight-of-hand/300316074084548645.htmlLaura2013-04-17T12:23:00ZGang of 8 bill opens door to bigger amnestyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gang-of-8-bill-opens-door-to-bigger-amnesty/328043443683111388.html2013-04-17T12:07:00Z2013-04-17T12:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Marco Rubio will be joining us to respond to this and convince Ingraham Show listeners that that Chuck Schumer, Dick Durbin and this Administration will really <a href="http://nationalreview.com/345740/gang-eight-bill-opens-door-bigger-amnesty" target="_blank">enforce our borders this time</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gang-of-8-bill-opens-door-to-bigger-amnesty/328043443683111388.htmlLaura2013-04-17T12:07:00ZGuest workers & the Gang of 8Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Guest-workers--the-Gang-of-8/-623891650710015066.html2013-04-16T16:42:00Z2013-04-16T16:42:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/senators-unveil-bipartisan-immigration-bill-041709888--business.html" target="_blank">From Reuters</a>, after initial reports that the immigration unveil would be delayed, the Gang of 8 is releasing it after all. May the debate begin and the bill not be rushed through. One sentence popped out of the story: "For all the bill's emphasis on border control and visas, the "pathway to citizenship" remained at its heart, even though the phrase was not used in the outline made available to reporters." <br /><br /> A new guest worker apparatus in the bill is already the center of huge controversy. My simple question: why should conservatives be excited about guest worker programs? That just means more folks who are likely to overstay their visas. We already have lost track of hundreds of thousands here on temporary visas. <br /><br /> Another key part of the bill: <br /><br /> "Within six months from enactment, during which time the Department of Homeland Security would set forth its border security plan, the threat of deportation could end for most illegal immigrants, who would allowed to work legally in the United States after they pay an initial $500 penalty, back taxes and demonstrate that they have not been convicted of serious crime in the United States." <br /><br /> That is amnesty. Period. And it will attract millions of more illegal immigrants to this country &ndash; especially since we are not likely to have a President, of either party, willing to enforce the borders. <br /><br /> From Mark L., in Bristol, CT: "Either Rubio doesn't really care about the concerns of conservatives regarding illegal immigration, or he has been fooled big time. I don't know which of those explanations is more depressing." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Guest-workers--the-Gang-of-8/-623891650710015066.htmlLaura2013-04-16T16:42:00ZIn Boston, two brothers, each lose a legLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/In-Boston,-two-brothers,-each-lose-a-leg/722401919858717290.html2013-04-16T11:57:00Z2013-04-16T11:57:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>There are no words. There is only prayer. Lord please fine the victims and their families comfort. <a href="http://bostonglobe.com/metro/2013/04/15/mother-nightmare-two-sons-two-lost-limbs/67hOUjic1trR7AkX6kZZsI/story.html" target="_blank">Read this story</a> and hug your families a little tighter today. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/In-Boston,-two-brothers,-each-lose-a-leg/722401919858717290.htmlLaura2013-04-16T11:57:00ZCalif. Dems incumbency protection planLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Calif.-Dems-incumbency-protection-plan/-79847108851147346.html2013-04-15T12:08:00Z2013-04-15T12:08:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Are Republicans doing anything to counter a massive effort across the country--including the electoral treasure trove of California--to solidify Democrat turnout at the polls? Democrats have brilliantly worked to fight all reasonable voter identification laws nationwide but aren't stopping there. Now always seeking supermajority status, Democrats want to broaden "voter access" and "voter registration efforts." Check out this account from the Sacramento Bee: <br /><br /> "'We have work to do,' House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told delegates at the state party's convention over the weekend in Sacramento. 'We just got started.' <br /><br /> Some of the efforts are meant to build on the success Democrats had with using the state's new online registration system, which launched about two months ahead of the November election. The new voters who signed up online were more Democratic and turned out at higher levels than the voting population as a whole, according to an analysis by the California Civic Engagement Project at the University of California, Davis. <br /><br /> Democrats highlighted those numbers at their weekend convention, making the system the subject of workshops, general session speeches and at least one party." <br /><br /> Read more <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/04/15/5341771/california-democrats-push-voting.html#storylink=cpy" target="_blank">here</a>. <br /><br /> Words to remember from Pelosi: "We just got started." I take her at her word. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Calif.-Dems-incumbency-protection-plan/-79847108851147346.htmlLaura2013-04-15T12:08:00ZWhen Big Labor & Big Business agree....Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/When-Big-Labor--Big-Business-agree..../456174470249821238.html2013-04-15T11:53:00Z2013-04-15T11:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>What happens when Big Labor &amp; Big Business agree? Back on February 21, 2013, Chamber of Commerce President Tom Donohue and AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka shocked the naive among us on the issue of immigration reform. They put out a &ldquo;Joint Statement of Shared Principles," a Kumbaya moment. &ldquo;We have found common ground in several important areas, and have committed to continue to work together and with Members of Congress to enact legislation that will solve our current problems in a lasting manner,&rdquo; they wrote. Hmm...why would these two groups, usually arch enemies agree on this issue? Big Labor perhaps knows that the enforcement "triggers" in this bill are unworkable and will maintain the current flow of cheap, illegal labor into the U.S. Big Labor desperately needs to grow its ranks and knows that to do so would likely grow the number of its political allies in the Democrat party. A marriage of convenience. <br /><br /> As we are seeing with the current debate over immigration "reform," the little people (i.e., the middle class) are left out in the cold. Why isn't the president railing against the big money being poured into <em>this</em> issue? Remember Team Obama's old <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/10/AR2010101004009.html" target="_blank">attacks on the Chamber of Commerce</a>, when his press secretary Robert Gibbs was demanding to see its donor list? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/When-Big-Labor--Big-Business-agree..../456174470249821238.htmlLaura2013-04-15T11:53:00ZGirl, 16, critically wounded in Grand Crossing shootingLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Girl,-16,-critically-wounded-in-Grand-Crossing-shooting/756473575263326382.html2013-04-12T11:59:00Z2013-04-12T11:59:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-girl15-critically-wounded-in-grand-crossing-shooting-20130411,0,6206520.story" target="_blank">Another tragic Chicago shooting</a> occurred not long after Michelle Obama wrapped up her emotional appeal to end the violence, more "resources," to help communities. This has been a problem for years in Chicago and will continue to be after any new state or federal gun control legislation passes. More than anything, we have a spiritual and family problem in America which no amount of taxpayer money will cure. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Girl,-16,-critically-wounded-in-Grand-Crossing-shooting/756473575263326382.htmlLaura2013-04-12T11:59:00ZWho likes taxes? Democrats, and no one else.Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Who-likes-taxes-Democrats,-and-no-one-else./479536822899499200.html2013-04-10T12:56:00Z2013-04-10T12:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Another reason the GOP should be growing its ranks--the conservative view on taxes is the majority view. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/page/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2013/04/10/National-Politics/Polling/release_224.xml" target="_blank">From the Washington Post</a>: <br /><br /> "A clear majority of Americans have an unfavorable view of the federal income tax system, according to new Washington Post-ABC News polling. But, in a somewhat remarkable finding, a majority of Democrats view the tax system in a positive light while Republicans and Independents carry the exact opposite view. <br /><br /> Fifty-three percent of self-identified Democrats in the Post-ABC survey view the income tax system favorably while 43 percent see it unfavorably. That&rsquo;s a stark contrast to the 66 percent of Republicans and 62 percent of independents who have an unfavorable opinion of the tax system." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Who-likes-taxes-Democrats,-and-no-one-else./479536822899499200.htmlLaura2013-04-10T12:56:00ZObama's America: poverty skyrockets, yet press yawnsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-America:-poverty-skyrockets,-yet-press-yawns/-232250291676480241.html2013-04-09T12:43:00Z2013-04-09T12:43:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>During the Reagan years, the media accused conservatives of not caring for the poor, lacking compassion for the less fortunate.&nbsp; Fast forward 3+ decades as the ranks of the poor balloon under Obama's leadership, as joblessness ravages the young and minority communities hardest. The blame is never squarely placed on his shoulders.&nbsp; It is always someone else's fault--Boehner, McConnell, or Fox News. This is an appalling lack of accountability for a man whose idea of sacrifice is a 5 percent pay cut as he spends millions to golf with Tiger Woods.&nbsp; And we the people are paying dearly.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-America:-poverty-skyrockets,-yet-press-yawns/-232250291676480241.htmlLaura2013-04-09T12:43:00ZThatcher's victoriesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Thatchers-victories/954213876459981915.html2013-04-09T11:45:00Z2013-04-09T11:45:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>If you read anything on Lady Thatcher this week, please read her former advisor John O'Sullivan's <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/thatcher_victories_exFcmz7MuEYivT2sRB00WP" target="_blank">insightful tribute</a>. It will make all the hateful, venomous commentary in the British press dissolve into the background. She was a strong, forceful, courageous woman who felt that a government grown too large crushes the people's spirit, as well as their pocketbooks. She demanded accountability from those who preferred to coast on the taxpayers' shilling. She understood that there was no moral equivalency between the West and the Soviet Union. So of course both the "Grandees" (our elites) as she liked to call them were usually in a state of apoplexy around the woman. She represented the opposite of their world view--for a time at least, she slowed their domestic agenda, and helped Ronald Reagan knock off the Soviets without a single shot fired. We will never see another one like her. Godspeed. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Thatchers-victories/954213876459981915.htmlLaura2013-04-09T11:45:00ZHill holds Obama's legacy in its handsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hill-holds-Obamas-legacy-in-its-hands/698363117317989790.html2013-04-08T11:58:00Z2013-04-08T11:58:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This obsession with <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/hill-holds-obamas-legacy-in-its-hands-89725.html?hp=t1_3" target="_blank">Pres. Obama's legacy</a> has got to stop--at least until the last 6 months of 2016. Who CARES about his legacy when we have a dismal jobs picture and a nuclear foe making moves? The glaringly obvious point is that this Administration has failed to achieve every improvement in our country that the president promised in 2009. Yes, he was reelected, yes the GOP still hasn't gotten its act together, but the record is abysmal. So there's your legacy update. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hill-holds-Obamas-legacy-in-its-hands/698363117317989790.htmlLaura2013-04-08T11:58:00ZPost-script on the dust-up...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Post-script-on-the-dust-up.../114817698801368939.html2013-04-05T20:19:00Z2013-04-05T20:19:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>My recent appearance on "The O'Reilly Factor" sparked quite a bit of conversation about the ongoing debate on marriage. &nbsp;One of the points (that I tried repeatedly to get across) is that there should be an honest debate, where people of good conscience are allowed to express themselves without being demeaned or marginalized. &nbsp;Everyone should be able to speak without retribution: gay Americans, Christian conservatives, libertarians, traditionalists who are not religious, and social liberals. &nbsp;Political correctness shouldn't be used to stifle debate. &nbsp;Sensitivities are running high, and with so much at stake, more, not fewer voices should be part of the dialog. &nbsp;</p>
Like millions of other Americans, I don't have a "traditional" family. &nbsp;I am single with three children--not exactly "Leave it to Beaver" stuff. &nbsp;Like millions of other Americans, I have family members and close friends who are gay, and whom I love, respect and admire in many ways. &nbsp;For many years, I have supported state decisions to provide domestic partnership benefits and protections. &nbsp;But I am also wary of unelected judges upending thousands of years of societal experience. &nbsp;I suspect a whole lot of people in this country hold a similar view. &nbsp;They go to work, pay taxes, follow the rule of law, volunteer in their communities. &nbsp;Some are Christian. &nbsp;Others nominally religious. &nbsp;Still others not religious at all. &nbsp;Today these people routinely hear that they are "standing against the tide of history," are or called "intolerant" or "anti-gay." &nbsp;
<p>In a short period of time, the pro-gay marriage forces marshaled an impressive array of supporters, and with vast resources, launched a sophisticated brand of "marriage equality." &nbsp;The dynamic was brilliantly framed as a "civil rights issue" with the help of the entertainment industry and a sympathetic news media. &nbsp;They also seized on the disturbing divorce rate among hetero couples. (The argument: so who are they to dictate the terms of an institution they screwed up?) &nbsp;Those favoring traditional marriage were caught off guard&mdash;and were blindsided when numerous Republicans (who have long promoted themselves as the traditional values party) lined up to support gay marriage. &nbsp;For the most part, supporters of traditional marriage aren't single issue people, and don't have huge advocacy groups supporting their views. &nbsp;For many, a Biblically-based understanding of marriage is sufficient. &nbsp;O'Reilly rightly argues that you have to go beyond the Bible to convince the non-believers. &nbsp;(Again, his using the "thump the Bible" phraseology wasn't helpful and sounded like something one might hear from the Left.)&nbsp;On the other hand, in the current media frenzy for gay marriage, it is extremely difficult for "traditionalists," (as O'Reilly calls them) to get a fair hearing--no matter what arguments they use or how "smart" they fight. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Many have noted that the social science on marriage this question is spotty--certainly not enough to overcome thousands of years of experience and understanding--about what is the best path to foster societal harmony and raise children.&nbsp; By the way, who bears the burden of proof on marriage? &nbsp;Those who seek to maintain what has been the status quo for millennia? &nbsp;Or those who seek to redefine its meaning? &nbsp;What would that "proof" look like? &nbsp;What would be the objective metrics? &nbsp;Would it involve a long-term, unbiased study of children raised by two same sex parents as compared to two heterosexual parents? &nbsp;Will "marriage" be further defined by courts or legislatures to include other associations or groupings? &nbsp;Finally, can it really be the case that the only sitting president in our history who was properly enlightened on this aspect of social policy is Barack Obama? &nbsp;Were Lincoln, Adams, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Truman, JFK, Carter, Reagan--and until recently Bill Clinton--all misinformed or bigoted or close-minded in their thinking about marriage? &nbsp;</p>
<p>Let's continue talking about this and the larger culture. &nbsp;I'll be back on the air Monday.&nbsp;</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Post-script-on-the-dust-up.../114817698801368939.htmlLaura2013-04-05T20:19:00ZObama's 'look at me!' sacrificeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-look-at-me!-sacrifice/-391124493977062514.html2013-04-05T14:01:00Z2013-04-05T14:01:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>President Obama has always been about the "razzle dazzle"--the big show over real solutions. But the latest stunt--his announcement that he would give back $20,000 of his $400,000 salary--marks a new low. Showy tokenism is not what the country needs now--we need serious leadership. When liberals are calling him out on this, you know it's bad. Read Dana Milbank's devastating take in the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-president-obamas-feeble-salary-gesture/2013/04/05/91ebea48-9d73-11e2-a941-a19bce7af755_story.html" target="_blank">Washington Post</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-look-at-me!-sacrifice/-391124493977062514.htmlLaura2013-04-05T14:01:00ZAmidst North Korea's threats new jobless fears, Obama works to...help PelosiLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amidst-North-Koreas-threats-new-jobless-fears,-Obama-works-to...help-Pelosi/479260405558988354.html2013-04-04T14:18:00Z2013-04-04T14:18:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>As the North Korea nuclear threat heats up, President Obama stayed focused on what matters most to him--winning the House in 2014. &nbsp;During a California fundraising swing, he called Rep. Nancy Pelosi a "visionary" leader who "never lets ideology cloud her judgment." &nbsp;Her hometown crowd of San Francisco ate it up. &nbsp;Raising millions to get Nancy her gavel back, the President told the swooning Left Coast attendees: "Realistically, I could get a whole lot more done if Nancy Pelosi is Speaker of the House." &nbsp;Read: carbon tax, wealth tax, more EPA regulations, beefed up healthcare penalties, etc. &nbsp;As the president collects gobs of cash during this chapter of his perpetual campaign, we are left with Joe Biden minding the store. &nbsp;And the North Korean crisis isn't the only problem brewing, we now face renewed headwinds on the economic front as well. &nbsp;Jobless claims spiked to a 4-month high, to 385,000 last week. &nbsp;CNBC reports that this is the third straight week of increase in unemployment claims: "Coming on the heels of data on Wednesday showing private employers added the fewest jobs in five months in March, the [Labor Dept. report] implied some weakening in job growth." &nbsp;The fundamental responsibilities of his office--economic stewardship, foreign policy threats--hardly seem to be top priorities for President Obama. &nbsp;His passion is devoted to achieving the liberal social utopia: immigration amnesty, gun control, and climate change regulations. &nbsp;He needs a majority in both Houses of Congress to get there. &nbsp; I imagine Obama thinking: Hagel can handle that little North Korea matter. &nbsp;And Carney can wave off any concerns about a stalled recovery. &nbsp;And when the Republicans give us trouble, I'll just remind them that the election is over. &nbsp;Hah. <br /> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amidst-North-Koreas-threats-new-jobless-fears,-Obama-works-to...help-Pelosi/479260405558988354.htmlLaura2013-04-04T14:18:00ZThe party never ends for the ObamasLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-party-never-ends-for-the-Obamas/603970787699797370.html2013-04-03T11:43:00Z2013-04-03T11:43:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Will Justin Timberlake sing "Suit &amp; Tie" for the Obama ladies? As the The First Couple welcomes yet another round of celebs to the White House for a <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/04/03/first-couple-hosts-celeb-filled-concert-amid-sequestration/" target="_blank">taxpayer funded soir&eacute;e</a>, we should recall the President's repeated statements urging national "sacrifice" during theses still challenging economic times. As for all the tourists who are still barred from the White House supposedly because of sequestration? Let them eat cake! (Of the fat-free, low-sodium, low-sugar, gluten-free variety, so as not to upset Michelle.) <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-party-never-ends-for-the-Obamas/603970787699797370.htmlLaura2013-04-03T11:43:00ZBorder security doubts could kill immigration planLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Border-security-doubts-could-kill-immigration-plan/214327293617122468.html2013-04-02T12:01:00Z2013-04-02T12:01:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The elites in both parties have never been serious about enforcing the border. The flow of cheap labor keeps wages down, business profits up, and a lot of American lawns looking really well-manicured. From the outset of this immigration farce, the GOP allowed itself to be sucked in by Schumer, Durbin and Menendez, who last time I checked are irretrievably left-wing on 97 percent of all political issues. (I was going to say 99 percent but am feeling charitable.) Republicans shouldn't have had any discussions about "legalization", but instead should have exposed the horrors of <a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-border-security-doubts-could-kill-immigration-plan/article/2526022" target="_blank">inadequate border maintenance and enforcement</a>--it is a job and wage killer for the middle class, including Latinos living here legally. <br /><br /> Once the border is locked down as much as humanly possible, once enforcement and tracking of visitors overstaying visas has occurred, once all the amnesties by executive order have been rescinded, then an honest conversation about the 15 million here illegally. Instead, the GOP sermes to give its imprimatur to the moronic Gang of 8 idea, and so if it goes down in flames, President Obama will use this to slam Republicans in the 2014 midterms. To our moderate GOP pals--well done! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Border-security-doubts-could-kill-immigration-plan/214327293617122468.htmlLaura2013-04-02T12:01:00ZGOP licking its chops over gov's poll slideLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-licking-its-chops-over-govs-poll-slide/-378938649022350487.html2013-04-01T11:45:00Z2013-04-01T11:45:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Republicans should stop writing off what they think are impossibly blue states like New York and California. Until the GOP establishes itself as nationally competitive again, it will keep losing presidential elections. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/gop_licking_chops_at_gov_poll_slide_r2AdBtL8juOwv5x2LzqWkO" target="_blank">This is good news</a> in New York--a vulnerable liberal governor means an opening for common sense conservatism. Perhaps Andrew Cuomo will end up as his dad did when George Pataki pulled out the surprise win. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-licking-its-chops-over-govs-poll-slide/-378938649022350487.htmlLaura2013-04-01T11:45:00ZShould the GOP dump social issues?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Should-the-GOP-dump-social-issues/347433135821294512.html2013-04-01T03:06:00Z2013-04-01T03:06:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Recently reporter Thomas Edsall - who has spent most of the last 30 years covering politics for the Washington Post and the New Republic - had some advice for the GOP. He draws upon some recent polling data to argue that "the Republican Party can afford to marginalize . . . Christian right leaders because evangelical social conservatives . . . are not going to vote Democratic." Thus, he reasons that Republicans can, as he puts it, "concede defeat in the culture war" in the hopes of picking up more socially liberal voters. <br /><br /> Mr. Edsall might want to check with Governor Mike Huckabee, who knows a thing or two about evangelical voters. Huckabee suggested that evangelicals will "take a walk" from the GOP if the party supports gay marriage. He might also want to consider the 1996 Presidential election, when Bill Clinton carried red states such as Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri, and Louisiana. <br /><br /> President Clinton's wife is the likely Democratic nominee in 2016, and it's safe to say that the Clintons - with their deep roots in Arkansas - know how to reach evangelical voters, especially if the GOP acts like it doesn't want them. I would also note that in both 2008 and 2012, the GOP did nominate Presidential candidates who were not popular with social conservatives - and those candidates fared poorly in the fall campaign. Next time around, conservative voters might just stay home, or throw their support to a democrat who they see as more sympathetic to the middle class. But, of course, the question of what sort of culture our children are going to inherit is a lot more important than the results of any one election. <br /><br /> The social issues are not merely a political football to be used by grasping politicians seeking to win power. They establish the framework for many aspects of American life, from our schools to our churches to our families. These are very serious matters, and they should be taken seriously. <br /><br /> Instead of worrying so much about political tactics, Republicans should focus on what they truly believe, and what type of country they want to have. The time has come for a serious debate within the GOP over all of the social issues, with all sides making the best case for what they think is right. Only then can the GOP reach a new consensus, and move forward in a united effort to reach the rest of America. And by the way, back to Tom Edsall... interestingly, just before the 2006 elections, he wrote a book arguing that the GOP "will continue to maintain, over the long run, a thin but durable margin of victory." <br /><br /> And the GOP should take political advice from this guy? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Should-the-GOP-dump-social-issues/347433135821294512.htmlLaura2013-04-01T03:06:00ZThe Obamas unending summer vacationLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Obamas-unending-summer-vacation/-751339675589215600.html2013-03-29T12:04:00Z2013-03-29T12:04:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>News outlets and conservative <a href="http://frontpagemag.com/2013/arnold-ahlert/the-obamas-vacation-america-suffers/" target="_blank">websites are reporting</a> on the Obamas' vacation fetish like it's a new story. Almost three years ago, I released "The Obama Diaries," which went on to become a #1 New York Times bestseller. In it I exposed Obama's non-stop vacationing for what it was--a cavalier and self-entitled abuse of taxpayer money at a time when the president lectured the rest of us about the need to "sacrifice." The opportunities abound for more hilarious skewering of their free-spending ways, but their imperial attitude is nothing new. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Obamas-unending-summer-vacation/-751339675589215600.htmlLaura2013-03-29T12:04:00ZHe spoke, she listened: The power of prayerLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/He-spoke,-she-listened:-The-power-of-prayer/-654756608875747338.html2013-03-27T11:53:00Z2013-03-27T11:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This is a <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/9954914/Eileen-Fairweather-The-power-of-prayer-has-helped-so-many.html" target="_blank">wonderful story</a> from Britain about a woman who felt powerless to change her life. A fallen away Catholic, she had essentially given up hope that she would ever overcome her lifelong, dangerous smoking habit. Then she heard a voice, a calming presence that she knew was God. She hasn't had a desire to pick up a cigarette since. She told her story earlier this year (as He asked), and the response was overwhelming. Please share your own prayer story on our <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and on <a href="https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. We'll discuss this on air on Holy Thursday. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/He-spoke,-she-listened:-The-power-of-prayer/-654756608875747338.htmlLaura2013-03-27T11:53:00ZThe censorious White House: US Magazine on Obama vacay removed?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-censorious-White-House:-US-Magazine-on-Obama-vacay-removed/-185672637838118586.html2013-03-27T11:49:00Z2013-03-27T11:49:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Remember when the White House told the press corps last year that they were not allowed to report on the vacation of Malia Obama in Mexico with classmates? After initially running a story about Michelle and the girls in the Bahamas, US magazine seems to have pulled the story from the internet. The calls for a zone of privacy for the children are appropriate. However, when the White House decides to shut the White House to public tours to demonstrate the onerous effects of the sequester, it is more than reasonable for the press to question the president's decision to send the Secret Service to the Atlantis Resort to trail around after his family. Is this luxury essential? Does it set the right tone at a time when the president has intoned that "everybody has to take a haircut, everybody has to sacrifice." As the Weekly Standard noted in its reporting yesterday--the Obamas have taken a vacation each month since December. The president pays for his own vacation, but not for the considerable cost of security and travel for himself of his family. On her Mexican spring break last year, Malia Obama was guarded by no fewer than 25 Secret Service agents. The President could set the example of sacrifice at the top by having the fam do low-key trips after their jaunts to Hawaii and Aspen this year. Wouldn't that be refreshing? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-censorious-White-House:-US-Magazine-on-Obama-vacay-removed/-185672637838118586.htmlLaura2013-03-27T11:49:00ZHave you had the 'tech talk' with kids?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Have-you-had-the-tech-talk-with-kids/809898173460824152.html2013-03-25T22:08:00Z2013-03-25T22:08:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Parents of tweens and teens, I feel for you. It's a wild and woolly world out there in tech-land. (I'll be entering it a few years from now as my own children get older and more curious. For now, I'm more focused on Teddy Grahams than Instagram.) Kids always seem to be one step ahead of kids on the tech front and sometimes the long-term consequences can be damaging to reputations and school records. In the worst cases, students find themselves facing criminal charges for something they thought was funny or cool. Having the "<a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/03/24/5285865/have-you-had-the-tech-talk-with.html" target="_blank">tech talk</a>" with your kids is important, but it really is just a new iteration of the gradual talk we have to have with our children from an early age. For many like our family, a God-centered, faith-based morality is at the core of our interaction with each other. At meals, on phone calls with elderly relatives, in the playground, at the beginning of each school day, we acknowledge God's presence in our lives and express our gratitude for blessings big and small. I encourage my children to talk to God and to listen closely for his guidance throughout the day. I am hoping that by the time they reach their puberty years, the strong foundation will be there. Technology can be a conduit to what is good and beneficial, or one that feeds our worst instincts. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Have-you-had-the-tech-talk-with-kids/809898173460824152.htmlLaura2013-03-25T22:08:00ZThe Ingraham "improv" recipe--"Stuffed Red (State) Peppers."Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Ingraham-improv-recipe--Stuffed-Red-State-Peppers./85567224000876757.html2013-03-25T20:29:00Z2013-03-25T20:29:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>My mom (God rest her soul) was a terrific cook, and I pictured her laughing in heaven, watching me try to assemble my peppers last night. At first I consulted a few random recipes, then I turned off the computer and just improvised. Isn't that more fun anyway? Truth be told, I'm not much of a cook, but I am persistent. So I scribbled my steps down as best I could. At least I came up with a good name for the dish.<br /><br /> <img src="http://images.LauraIngraham.com/images/blog/peppers.jpg" alt="" /><br />
<p><strong>Stuffed red "state" peppers&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Ingredients:</strong></p>
<p><br /> 2 1/4 cups yellow basmati rice&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt (approx)</p>
<p>Black ground pepper</p>
<p>1/3 cup fresh parsley</p>
<p>1 medium yellow onion</p>
<p>Pinch of Rosemary</p>
<p>2 tbsps olive oil</p>
<p>4 red medium bell peppers</p>
<p>1 medium green pepper&nbsp;</p>
<p>14 ounces lean ground turkey</p>
<p>1/2 cup organic chicken stock&nbsp;</p>
<p>1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese&nbsp;</p>
<p>1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese&nbsp;</p>
<p>1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese</p>
<p>3 cloves garlic, minced</p>
<p>Red pepper flakes</p>
<p><br /> <strong>For the "special" red sauce:</strong></p>
<p><br /> 1 15-ounce can tomato puree</p>
<p>1/2 can tomato paste (3 oz)</p>
<p><br /> pinch of oregano</p>
<p>Stick of cinamon</p>
<p>1/4 cup red wine</p>
<p>1 small white onion</p>
<p>1 1/2 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil</p>
<p>1 clove garlic, crushed</p>
<p>Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><br /> <strong>Directions&nbsp;</strong></p>
<p>Combine 3 cups water, 1/2 cup chicken stock, with rice and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low; cover and simmer until the water is absorbed, about 45 minutes. Let stand, covered, 10 minutes. Fluff with a fork, then transfer to a large bowl to cool, about 20 minutes.<br /> <br /> Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. &nbsp;Finely chop the onion, green pepper and parsley. &nbsp;Toss a pinch of rosemary on top.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Brown garlic in hot skillet with olive oil/ drain oil.</p>
<p>Slice each bell pepper lengthwise. &nbsp;Cut away the light membranes and scoop out seeds. In a large bowl add turkey, 1 cup mozzarella, 1/4 cup feta, the rice mixture, chopped onion, herbs (save a pinch for garnish), browned garlic, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper 2 shakes red pepper flakes. Mash it up with your hands. Stuff the peppers!&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Make the sauce: 2 1/2 cups water, the tomato puree, salt, cinamon, etc in a medium saucepan, high heat then at boil, cover and allow to simmer for 15 mins. &nbsp;</p>
<p>In a large rectangular glass baking dish, arrange the peppers, pour an inch of sauce to surround the peppers (don't drown them!). Ladle remaining sauce neatly on top of each pepper. &nbsp;Cooking time: 50 to 60 minutes. &nbsp;If time, baste regularly with sauce at bottom of dish. &nbsp;Toward end of cooking, sprinkle remaining mixed cheeses on top of peppers, broil until melted. &nbsp;Sprinkle herbs on top at end.&nbsp;</p>
Let sit for 5 mins then serve.<br /><br />Wine recommendation: Pinot Noir. &nbsp;Number of bottles: Depends on how dish comes out.&nbsp; <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Ingraham-improv-recipe--Stuffed-Red-State-Peppers./85567224000876757.htmlLaura2013-03-25T20:29:00ZObamacare benefits for illegals--the Senate vote splits "Gang of 8"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamacare-benefits-for-illegals--the-Senate-vote-splits-Gang-of-8/374999673458602227.html2013-03-25T11:58:00Z2013-03-25T11:58:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This is why "comprehensive immigration reform" as applied to the 11-20 million illegal aliens in the U.S. today is about so much more than a "path to legalization." The goal for most in the amnesty crowd is to bestow both eventual voting rights on the immigration law-breakers and immediate access to all federal benefits on them. This, of course, means access to the new federal guarantees under Obamacare. Democrats, especially, believe that this will seal the deal with illegal immigrants for good. Why else would they fight so hard for this? Allowing folks to stay here and work (de facto amnesty, minus voting rights) is a perfectly "moral" solution to this problem. I hate <a href="http://www.rollcall.com/news/immigration_vote_splits_gang_of_8-223395-1.html?pos=htmbtxt" target="_blank">"Gang of ----" nomenclature</a>. Republicans should lose the terminology. We the people feel ganged up on enough on a variety of issues that the elites are determined to decide for us. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamacare-benefits-for-illegals--the-Senate-vote-splits-Gang-of-8/374999673458602227.htmlLaura2013-03-25T11:58:00ZLittle progress made on jobs for people with disabilitiesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Little-progress-made-on-jobs-for-people-with-disabilities/188001359072831611.html2013-03-24T18:39:00Z2013-03-24T18:39:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Do we ever hear the liberals say we need more Americans with disabilities hired as they do women, minorities, illegal aliens? <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130324/DA57HDJ81.html" target="_blank">It's gotten worse under Obama</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Little-progress-made-on-jobs-for-people-with-disabilities/188001359072831611.htmlLaura2013-03-24T18:39:00ZShould Congress require cell phone firms to retain billions of private emails & texts?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Should-Congress-require-cell-phone-firms-to-retain-billions-of-private-emails--texts/-174430785946166919.html2013-03-22T11:53:00Z2013-03-22T11:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>We are always being monitored by someone when we are in public. But of course too much personal information in the hands of wrong people can be dangerous. Just for fun, do I what I am doing today. From the moment I leave the house, I am counting cameras--store cameras, red-light cameras, intersection cameras, elevator cameras, and building lobby cameras. Liberals wail about the "right to privacy" to justify 42 million abortions, but how many prominent liberals are rallying the public against our "surveillance culture"? It is stunning how quickly and easily people in our country have ceded their right to be left alone, away from the prying eyes of government snoops. Now law enforcement agencies are pushing for increased monitoring capabilities through the use of domestic drones, and of email and text messages. "Experts" think <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/22/experts-to-congress-us-law-should-require-logs-of-billions-of-private-text-messages-emails/#ixzz2OFm2cNAT" target="_blank">cell phone companies should retain our text messages</a> for longer periods of time. <br /><br /> A House Judiciary SubCommittee hearing was held to discuss potential new updates to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) of 1986. Suggestions included requiring all cell phone companies to retain email and text messages for long periods of time as well as expedited federal access to this information. I say this is absurd and without probable cause that a crime has been committed, no one's emails should be banked or stored under federal edict. Join me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle" target="_blank">Twitter</a> to discuss the implications. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Should-Congress-require-cell-phone-firms-to-retain-billions-of-private-emails--texts/-174430785946166919.htmlLaura2013-03-22T11:53:00ZU.S. Senate signals willingness to repeal medical device taxLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/U.S.-Senate-signals-willingness-to-repeal-medical-device-tax/-6022572191488550.html2013-03-22T02:20:00Z2013-03-22T02:20:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/199462401.html" target="_blank">This story</a> should convince Republicans NOT to abandon their efforts to chip away (and completely repeal) the abomination known as Obamacare. Democrats, despite having devoted millions of dollars and 3 years to trying to convince Americans to love the "Affordable Care Act," have failed miserably in this endeavor. As a nation we remain opposed to Obamacare and fretful over what the effects of the law will be on insurance costs and availability of quality care. Employers are dropping health insurance, and doctors' practices are being gobbled up by impersonal hulking hospital bureaucracies. Thousands of healthcare professionals are deciding to bag it altogether and are retire early. Republicans may now win the issue of repealing the medical device tax, which has cost jobs and added obscenely to the costs of everything from braces to bedpans. Lesson: Do what Mitt Romney couldn't really credibly do--argue the nightmarish effects of America under Obamacare. If they do this with specificity, personal testimony of doctors and patients (sound familiar?), they could very pick up more seats in both the House and Senate. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/U.S.-Senate-signals-willingness-to-repeal-medical-device-tax/-6022572191488550.htmlLaura2013-03-22T02:20:00ZSenate to take up internet taxLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Senate-to-take-up-internet-tax/-165004589009756563.html2013-03-21T11:54:00Z2013-03-21T11:54:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>We knew this was coming. Internet commerce has boomed in large part because it is free from government over reach and excess regulation. But Dems aren't happy until they're taxing something that's alive or dead. Republicans should make a huge deal out of <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57575489-38/internet-tax-proposal-up-for-a-vote-in-senate-this-week/?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=title" target="_blank">this issue</a>--what a great way to woo young voters away from the tax and spend donkey party. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Senate-to-take-up-internet-tax/-165004589009756563.htmlLaura2013-03-21T11:54:00ZTales of the lovesick: A bolder Michelle Obama steps out...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tales-of-the-lovesick:-A-bolder-Michelle-Obama-steps-out.../741466611807192136.html2013-03-20T12:34:00Z2013-03-20T12:34:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This could be one of the most moronic, sycophantic and absurd things I have ever read about our beautiful First Lady. She's just now <a href="http://politic365.com/2013/03/19/a-bolder-michelle-obama-steps-out-of-first-term-shadows/" target="_blank"> coming out of the "shadows"</a> in the second term? As if she were a cloistered nun in the first? The First Lady injected herself into major domestic policy issues almost from day one--as the force behind the Child Nutrition law ($5 billion to guarantee that our children throw away their school lunches) and as a passionate advocate for the "Affordable" Care Act. In fairness, she also did some terrific events for our military families with Jill Biden. But back to this journalistic homage--hardly a homebody for her first four years in Washington, Michelle traveled the world from Aspen to Botswana, from London to Malibu, with the American taxpayers footing the hefty bill. She has the largest staff of any First Lady in history, and she mixes effortlessly amongst the glitterati, entertaining celebrities from Beyonce to Brad Pitt. She appeared what seemed to be an endless loop of popular TV shows from Jimmy Fallon to Ellen, from The View to Leno. She even got slimed at the Nickelodeon Kids Awards. But not as bad as we were slimed by this pointless piece of faux journalism. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tales-of-the-lovesick:-A-bolder-Michelle-Obama-steps-out.../741466611807192136.htmlLaura2013-03-20T12:34:00ZOn Rand Paul's support for "path to citizenship....Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/On-Rand-Pauls-support-for-path-to-citizenship..../625165787872483927.html2013-03-19T12:58:00Z2013-03-19T12:58:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>As long as both parties are chasing the vote of hyphenated Americans, neither party will pay any attention to folks struggling to make ends meet, who don't hang the moon on their ethnicity, gender, etc. Conservatives need to make the GOP understand that if it continues to ignore us, a lot of red states could go for Hillary in 2016.&nbsp; Everyone recall how red states like Kentucky and Tennessee voted for Bill Clinton in 1996? If the GOP loses those states, the 2016 election could be a blowout.&nbsp; Rand Paul fell into an enticing immigration trap--it will ensnare him and perhaps be the undoing of his party.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/On-Rand-Pauls-support-for-path-to-citizenship..../625165787872483927.htmlLaura2013-03-19T12:58:00ZBrogoglio: Resist government "paternalism" of the poorLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Brogoglio:-Resist-government-paternalism-of-the-poor/-246063933882477283.html2013-03-18T12:06:00Z2013-03-18T12:06:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>For those who believe that the new Pope will aggressively push for redistributionist government economic policies, consider this quote from the Holy Father, from his <a href="http://blog.acton.org/archives/51741-pope-francis-and-povertycure.html" target="_blank"> earlier writings</a>: <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">"We cannot truly respond to the challenge of eradicating exclusion and poverty if the poor continue to be objects, as targets of actions by the state and other organizations in a paternalistic and aid based sense, instead of subjects in an environment where the state and society create social conditions that promote and safeguard their rights and allow them to build their own destiny."</div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Brogoglio:-Resist-government-paternalism-of-the-poor/-246063933882477283.htmlLaura2013-03-18T12:06:00ZBehind the campaign to smear the PopeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Behind-the-campaign-to-smear-the-Pope/-304836098464836588.html2013-03-18T11:57:00Z2013-03-18T11:57:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Yes, the Pope haters with their relentless agenda of secular progressivism are predictably out there beating their (usually concave) chests about how the new pontiff has to be more like them on social issues. (See the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324077704578362701947035938.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop" target="_blank">Read it or Weep column</a> by M. O'Grady, "The Smear Campaign against Pope Francis"). But I love so much of what I am seeing and reading about this new Pope. Consider <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/9936409/Pope-Francis-tells-Vatican-to-prepare-for-change.html" target="_blank">the reaction</a> from his fellow Argentinans: <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">"Lucas Fagandini, 24, had travelled from Cordoba, Argentina, with 20 friends, all newly qualified engineers, to see the Pope. He said: "It feels like he's different, the way he talks, it is making people go back to church." Vincent Mesiano, from Rome, said: "We are really happy with Papa Francesco. He was friendly and simple, nearer to the people." Francis will be officially installed as Pope at a special Mass on Tuesday, with heads of state and royalty expected to attend from around the world."</div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Behind-the-campaign-to-smear-the-Pope/-304836098464836588.htmlLaura2013-03-18T11:57:00ZGee thanks: Boehner, Ryan say "no immediate debt crisis"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gee-thanks:-Boehner,-Ryan-say-no-immediate-debt-crisis/-584502925281208058.html2013-03-18T02:50:00Z2013-03-18T02:50:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>On their respective <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-no-immediate-debt-crisis-boehner-obama-20130317,0,2515439.story" target="_blank">Sunday show appearances</a>, House Speaker John Boehner and budget brainiac Rep. Paul Ryan both gave President Obama a nice little St. Patrick's Day gift. Both said that they didn't think our current deft level--$16.7 trillion--isn't an "immediate crisis." This is the precise thing President Obama told ABC's George Stephanopoulos five days earlier to the guffaws of many. As a purely technical matter, it may be true that we are currently not in total crisis mode. But most Americans with a basic understanding of math, can appreciate how dire the current situation is. This debt means higher taxes. Every 30 seconds, the U.S. borrows more than $1 million. This year, we&rsquo;ll pay over $250 billion in interest on our debt; with that figure rising above $700 billion in the next ten years. The monthly payments on our debt will grow much larger, and we&rsquo;ll need much more in the way of "revenues" to make those payments. The list of horrors if this we don't act fast and act smartly is long: piling up debt means higher interest rates, erosion of our savings, and also means our families will be less secure. Given how both parties for so long have punted on the debt question, we have a crisis in leadership that compounds our financial crisis. When the president is pressed to tackle entitlement reform in a meaningful way, he may now cite Boehner and Ryan's statements that we are not in an immediate crisis. Thus, he will argue, such "draconian reform measures" suggested by the GOP should not be taken. The GOP is just terrible at seizing the rhetorical advantage. President Obama had lost it over the scare-quester and closing the White House tours, why give him an out? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gee-thanks:-Boehner,-Ryan-say-no-immediate-debt-crisis/-584502925281208058.htmlLaura2013-03-18T02:50:00ZWill GOP's new vision be shaped by Paul or Rubio?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Will-GOPs-new-vision-be-shaped-by-Paul-or-Rubio/844117237525212853.html2013-03-15T12:04:00Z2013-03-15T12:04:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><img title="Jeb Bush" src="http://images.LauraIngraham.com/images/photos/031513_bush3.jpg" alt="Jeb Bush" /> <img title="George Bush" src="http://images.LauraIngraham.com/images/photos/031513_bush2.jpg" alt="George Bush" /> <img title="George Bush" src="http://images.LauraIngraham.com/images/photos/031513_bush1.jpg" alt="George Bush" /> <br /><br /> Let's discuss this on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Watch Sen. Rand Paul and Sen. Marco Rubio at CPAC, then share your impression. Who is better suited to lead the Republican Party leading up to the 2016? Do you agree that a Republican who distances himself from the policies of George W. Bush (a good, patriotic man), will have a better chance at beating the Democrats? Mitt Romney chose not to do this. John McCain was largely an extension of Bush 43. The GOP in 2006 chose not to do this. We have to come to terms with what happened to conservatism during the Bush years if we are ever to rebuild this movement. It's not about recriminations or blame for blame's sake. It's about being honest about where, how and why we lost before we are told once again, another Bush is the only candidate who is "electable" in 2016. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Will-GOPs-new-vision-be-shaped-by-Paul-or-Rubio/844117237525212853.htmlLaura2013-03-15T12:04:00ZA new pope to 'rebuild the church'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-new-pope-to-rebuild-the-church/-841052771844461451.html2013-03-14T12:22:00Z2013-03-14T12:22:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Pope Francis I had barely been introduced to the world before the usual progressive secularists were demanding that the Catholic Church "evolve" if it is to become relevant. Hilarious, I thought, to myself: if the Church is so irrelevant with its antiquated views on life and marriage, why are so many non-Catholics or fallen-away Catholics obsessed with covering, following and denouncing its every move? <br /><br /> From a dear friend exasperated by the dumbed-down, predictable media coverage of the conclave: "One of the cables last night featured a poll saying that the Church is "out of touch" with the "needs" or ordinary Catholics. And might those "needs" be? Women priests, married priests, and contraception. Well, recognizing those needs would certainly make everything all better for everyone! The media lobbies at every perceived opportunity for "change" on these three hobby horse issues, not realizing that Francis can't change them. Bulletin to media: pope still Catholic." That's the thing about freedom--if you don't want to be a Catholic, no one will force you to become one. <br /><br /> The humility and simplicity of this new shepherd, <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324532004578358773509307346.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop" target="_blank">this pilgrim for the world's 1.2 billion Catholics</a> stands in stark and refreshing contrast to today's culture. We all hope this pope leads by example. Then, perhaps, the narcissistic, shallow celebutainment complex that currently dominates our culture and "educates" our children will look a little less fulfilling to those searching for meaning in a confused, messy world. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-new-pope-to-rebuild-the-church/-841052771844461451.htmlLaura2013-03-14T12:22:00ZPresident's approval & trust drops on the economyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Presidents-approval--trust-drops-on-the-economy/705048294204600436.html2013-03-13T11:54:00Z2013-03-13T11:54:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/03/drops-in-approval-trust-on-the-economy-end-obamas-post-election-honeymoon/" target="_blank">The Obama honeymoon is over</a>. We knew it would end when the euphoria of electing our first African-American president subsided. Is it that people are finally tiring of the perpetual campaign? Do they finally see the president as unserious about the nitty-gritty of governance? Are they just weary of the whole crowd in Washington? Who knows, but Republicans should also not forget the depressing fact that while Pres. Obama may be slipping, they would kill for his approval numbers. The slow climb back from the cellar has begun. <br /><br /> Much has been made of the president's charm offensive. Wow! He is actually talking to people! And a meal was involved! If Team Obama thinks it's unfair that folks are skeptical about his new wine and dine approach to governance, they have no one but themselves to blame. For four years the president has been content to lead from behind on the budget and most every other issue. The skepticism is justified. I will credit conservatives--and yes, tea party types--for keeping the pressure on the GOP not to cave on taxes and entitlement reform. Republicans outside of Washington routinely complain about the leadership of Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, but both have done an admirable job of standing up to the man in the bully pulpit sticking to principles. There hasn't been any massive revolt among tea party Republicans. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Presidents-approval--trust-drops-on-the-economy/705048294204600436.htmlLaura2013-03-13T11:54:00ZObama slams new media, favors elite media typesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-slams-new-media,-favors-elite-media-types/-958134979468570322.html2013-03-11T11:55:00Z2013-03-11T11:55:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/11/obama-slams-new-media-curries-favor-with-skeptical-establishment-news-outlets/#ixzz2NDkWF6dL1" target="_blank">Should this surprise anyone?</a> The new media is more independent, filled with true mavericks who aren't intimidated by the establishment voices in either party. If nothing else, this Administration has been about control. The president is notoriously thin-skinned, and undoubtedly it bugs him to know that not everyone thinks he walks on water. The new media leaders aren't as likely to be swayed by choreographed moves such as the Obama "charm offensive." The new media leaders don't get the White House invites or the exclusive sit-downs, but so what? Access doesn't always buy credibility or get results. Look at the ratings, viewership and readership of the old media dinosaurs. They are all down. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-slams-new-media,-favors-elite-media-types/-958134979468570322.htmlLaura2013-03-11T11:55:00ZHigh tax consequences: more US profits parked abroadLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/High-tax-consequences:-more-US-profits-parked-abroad/-466748296246259383.html2013-03-11T11:48:00Z2013-03-11T11:48:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324034804578348131432634740.html?mod=WSJ_GoogleNews&amp;mod=igoogle_wsj_gadgv1" target="_blank">The Wall Street Journal reports</a> on something we predicted years ago. The more Washington penalizes profits, the more businesses will choose to move (or leave) their profits in lower-tax countries abroad. Liberals might call this "unpatriotic," but corporations must seek the highest return for shareholders. Of course if Democrats manage to capture the House in '14, Speaker Pelosi and pals will demand that all corporate profits, including those parked overseas, be subject to U.S. tax laws. Such a revenue grab will simply lead to fewer jobs at home. Conservatives should favor a repatriation of U.S. corporate profits not through onerous taxation but through tax incentives to businesses that reinvest foreign profits here at home. If Team Romney made it to the White House, it might have advocated for such pro-growth policies. Now is the time for Republicans to educate the American voters on the perverse effects of Keynesian rules of the road that stunt growth, hiring and long-term capital investment. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/High-tax-consequences:-more-US-profits-parked-abroad/-466748296246259383.htmlLaura2013-03-11T11:48:00ZFilibuster envy: Media & Obama BFFs flail post-filibusterLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Filibuster-envy:-Media--Obama-BFFs-flail-post-filibuster/-610550902249401138.html2013-03-08T12:52:00Z2013-03-08T12:52:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Anyone in politics or the media who mocks Rand Paul for filibustering the John Brennan nomination is either: 1.) in favor of using drones on US soil; or 2.) just jealous he or she didn't think of it first. Both explanations are bad. On Thursday I predicted <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbc-hosts-mock-rand-paul-made-serious-issue-of-drones-sound-absurd-crazy-and-on-the-fringe/" target="_blank">MSNBC's snarky reaction</a>. (If it were Bush, MSNBC would have been doing on air tributes.) As for the pols, Senators Lindsey Graham and John McCain rarely fail to disappoint. They are the go-to Republicans for the dinosaur media for a reason: they can usually be counted on to criticize conservative ideas and fellow Republicans. This happened Thursday when both men did their own drone strike against Rand Paul, publicly slamming the junior senator for his decision to filibuster. Of course over the course of 13 hours of Rand's stand (and in the hours they weren't dining with their new BFF), they could have had the moxie to debate their colleague face to face on the issue. But no, instead they chose the equivalent of a late hit against the QB. One problem, the GOP's star player Rand Paul stepped aside and both fell flat on their faces. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Filibuster-envy:-Media--Obama-BFFs-flail-post-filibuster/-610550902249401138.htmlLaura2013-03-08T12:52:00ZRand's stand: principle and persuasion gives GOP reason for hopeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rands-stand:-principle-and-persuasion-gives-GOP-reason-for-hope/-924622578139543129.html2013-03-07T13:14:00Z2013-03-07T13:14:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>As a gaggle of GOP senators were returning from a cozy dinner with President Obama Wednesday night, the junior senator from Kentucky was in the midst of a marathon filibuster giving CSPAN2 what must have been its best ratings ever. I couldn't turn it off, and scanning twitter, I saw it was clear that neither could legions of Americans transfixed by something that we hadn't seen in some time in our nation's capital--courage and conviction. By now we know that Paul was holding up the nomination of Obama's CIA director John Brennan because of unanswered questions about the use of drones on domestic soil. Although Paul eventually gave up his filibuster (because nature called), he won an important moral and PR victory that his party desperately needed. Targeted, sanctioned US government assassinations on US soil of people who are not enemy combatants is an unconstitutional use of Executive Power and should never be permitted. The Attorney General's failure to categorically rule out such Executive kill lists is unconscionable. It is the duty of the legislative branch to check and challenge such blatant and dangerous over reach by any president, regardless of party. Yet few Democrats who call themselves civil libertarians showed up to offer any support for the filibuster. We are only to conclude one thing from their absence: their primary allegiance is to Obama, not the Constitution. <br /><br /> Rand Paul didn't eat for much of the day himself, but with his filibuster he fed an electorate hungry to hear from a politician of principle. For almost 13 hours, Paul put the Constitution in the front seat, and his own convenience and comfort in the way back. Let the record reflect the names of those who stood with him in the early hours of his effort--Senators Mike Lee, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio. In other words, the tea party spirit is alive and well. "The times they are a changin'...." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rands-stand:-principle-and-persuasion-gives-GOP-reason-for-hope/-924622578139543129.htmlLaura2013-03-07T13:14:00ZJudge strikes down Idaho 'fetal pain' abortion lawLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Judge-strikes-down-Idaho-fetal-pain-abortion-law/-942218154493198740.html2013-03-07T13:00:00Z2013-03-07T13:00:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This week I bemoaned the lack of serious, sustained GOP discussion about the destructive effect of runaway judges in our country. Appearing on the show Wednesday, Berkeley law professor and former Bush Justice Department official John Yoo agreed that presidential candidate Mitt Romney missed an opportunity to do just that during the campaign. Every day presents a new opportunity to educate the electorate about liberal judges' undermining of the democratic process. Citing cases, the costs of frivolous lawsuits, and faulty legal reasoning are necessary steps in carrying this out. By the end of his second term, President Obama will have fundamentally reshaped the federal judicial bench in an activist mold. Yet the fact is, most young voters don't think much about courts or judicial nominations, which is largely the fault of Republicans who don't bother to do the heavy lifting required in the court of public opinion. Which brings us to the current <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/03/06/federal-judge-rules-idaho-fetal-pain-abortion-law-is-unconstitutional/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher#ixzz2MqbQkekX" target="_blank">"fetal pain" case</a> where a judge rejected an abortion challenge. Next time I suggest the jurist claim try having a third party violently suction his own vital organs first to see how it feels. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Judge-strikes-down-Idaho-fetal-pain-abortion-law/-942218154493198740.htmlLaura2013-03-07T13:00:00ZObama's dictator fixationLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-dictator-fixation/-823564409373092523.html2013-03-06T13:54:00Z2013-03-06T13:54:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>Reading some of the weepy left-wing commentary about the death of Venezuelan thug Hugo Chavez, I wonder why liberals have such soft spots for some of the world's worst dictators.&nbsp; Democrat New York Rep. Jose Serrano tweeted his glowing praise of Chavez: "a leader that (sic) understood the needs of the poor...empowering the powerless." Forget the little problems of state theft of private property, persecution of political opponents, obliteration of an independent press--Hugo was a modern day Robin Hood...and he liked dancing, kittens, and walking barefoot on the beach.</p>
<p>The president had his own brush with the dictator back in April of 2009, when Chavez handed him a copy the book "The Open Veins of Latin America" at a global economic conference.&nbsp; Speaking of Obama and dictators, the <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324678604578342453770687898.html" target="_blank">WSJ</a>'s James Taranto wrote a nice piece on our fearless leader's fantasy of having absolute power.&nbsp; Taranto recalls Obama's Friday comments in response to reporter Jessica Yellen, who asked why he doesn't lock the Republicans in a room and hammer out a deal.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">"I'm not a dictator. I'm the President. So, ultimately, if Mitch McConnell or John Boehner say, we need to go to catch a plane, I can't have Secret Service block the doorway, right?"</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">When we first heard Obama's "I am not a dictator,"...it reminded us of Nixon's "I am not a crook." But on further reflection, Clinton's "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" is a more apt comparison. Of course Obama is not attempting to cover up wrongful behavior, but he did answer Yellin's question in a weirdly literal way that was both a deflection and a revelation.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">It's true, of course, that Obama isn't a dictator. He also seems to point that out a lot, as National Review's Andrew Stiles observes. Last month, for example, he noted that "I'm the president of the United States, I'm not the emperor of the United States" and called this a "problem" that he has "struggled with throughout my presidency."</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">It seems Obama wishes he had dictatorial powers. He probably enjoyed that little fantasy of having the Secret Service take his adversaries prisoner. In itself, that's no big deal: We wouldn't be surprised if other presidents occasionally entertain similar flights of fancy.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-dictator-fixation/-823564409373092523.htmlLaura2013-03-06T13:54:00ZRep. Gohmert: No Prez golf until WH tours resumeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rep.-Gohmert:-No-Prez-golf-until-WH-tours-resume/-701891619699397051.html2013-03-06T12:56:00Z2013-03-06T12:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Rep. Gohmert moves to defund Presidential golf outings during the sequester's fall-out. Now this may seem petty but it also is a rare example of the GOP moving on the offensive, starting to frame the message, by turning the tables on the White House. There is a certain amount of selfishness that compels Mr. Obama and the First Lady to protect their own entertainment expenditures, while administration staff announces suspension of White House tours that hurt regular folks. The only thing missing from the recorded message on the White House website announcing that tours would be halted was: "This inconvenience brought to you by the evil Republicans." The King of Pain strikes again. Do you like the Gohmert move on the continuing resolution to <a href="http://freerepublic.com/focus/news/2993824/posts" target="_blank">defund Obama's golf outings?</a> Join us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle" target="_blank">twitter</a> to discuss. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rep.-Gohmert:-No-Prez-golf-until-WH-tours-resume/-701891619699397051.htmlLaura2013-03-06T12:56:00ZRegarding all this Jeb coverage....Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Regarding-all-this-Jeb-coverage..../461411920224084688.html2013-03-05T17:52:00Z2013-03-05T17:52:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>After observing all the Jeb Bush media interviews over the past few days, I think It is worth noting that no other Republican presidential candidate (except maybe Chris Christie) is going to get this type of glowing support from the mainstream press. &nbsp;If Wisconsin governor Scott Walker wrote a book, he certainly wouldn't be garnering the fawning coverage from Matt Lauer and Morning Joe.&nbsp; Conservatives should be wary of any presidential candidate who gets this type of favorable treatment from the press.&nbsp; (Of course, we should also remember that once Jeb is nominated, and is running against a Democrat, the press will turn on him just as they turned on McCain and Romney.&nbsp; But until that happens, they will do what they can to help him.)</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Regarding-all-this-Jeb-coverage..../461411920224084688.htmlLaura2013-03-05T17:52:00ZGov. Perry: ICE must stop "federally sponsored jail break"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gov.-Perry:-ICE-must-stop-federally-sponsored-jail-break/-369069220769594824.html2013-03-04T23:14:00Z2013-03-04T23:14:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The blowback from the Obama Administration's premature and unnecessary release of thousands of illegal aliens continues. In a scathing <a href="http://governor.state.tx.us/files/press-office/O-MortonJohn20130304.pdf" target="_blank">letter</a> to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton, Texas governor Rick Perry contends: &ldquo;The release of criminal aliens into our communities by ICE is unconscionable." He calls on the Obama Administration to provide relevant information to state and local law enforcement. &ldquo;This action far surpasses the grandstanding Americans have come to associate with sequestration talks," Perry notes, branding this a &ldquo;federally sponsored jailbreak." Perry also slams the administration&rsquo;s ongoing failure to secure the nation&rsquo;s southern border. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gov.-Perry:-ICE-must-stop-federally-sponsored-jail-break/-369069220769594824.htmlLaura2013-03-04T23:14:00ZSi se puede--Bush is backLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Si-se-puede--Bush-is-back/9722647308155372.html2013-03-04T18:53:00Z2013-03-04T18:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Jeb Bush unveiled his new book on immigration Monday and quickly dominated the news cycle. First, the good news: the former Florida governor now says he is <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/jeb-bush-reverses-course-no-path-citizenship-necessary-173659057--election.html" target="_blank">against a path to citizenship</a> for anyone currently here illegally. That seems to be a course correction for the younger Bush, who has been known for his strong belief in immigration reform (a.k.a. "amnesty"). Instead of voting rights, the illegal aliens would be given permanent resident status after paying a fine and back taxes, he told Matt Lauer on <a href="http://todaynews.today.com/_news/2013/03/04/17179710-jeb-bush-i-wont-rule-out-2016-white-house-run-but-i-wont-declare-today?lite" target="_blank">the Today Show</a>. Now for the bad news: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/03/04/jeb-bush-says-tax-increase-could-be-part-of-budget-deal/" target="_blank">he wouldn't object if "revenues"</a> (raise your hand if you hate that word) were part of the final budget deal. Translation: if Jeb were in charge, tax increases would be agreed to, presumably in the form of the elimination of special tax considerations certain businesses and individuals get in the tax code. Refusing to rule out a presidential run, Bush said he wanted to be part of the conversation in "changing the tone" of the Republican Party. So, is this good news for the party? Jeb Bush is supremely well-connected with big donors and with politicians in both parties. He is considered an innovator in education, and generally well-liked. So if the previous Bush presided over the GOP losing both houses of Congress and the presidency, could another Bush swoop down and save it from ruin? Join me for conversations on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. We'll also discuss on Tuesday's show. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Si-se-puede--Bush-is-back/9722647308155372.htmlLaura2013-03-04T18:53:00ZFLOTUS First "Let's Move" Google+ Fireside HangoutLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/FLOTUS-First-Lets-Move-Google+-Fireside-Hangout/932569025106578804.html2013-03-04T12:41:00Z2013-03-04T12:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Note the First Lady and the President continue to reward their campaign donors at Google by giving them free promotional consideration in these <a href="http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2013/03/monday-first-lady-michelle-obamas-first.html" target="_blank">"fireside" chats</a>. (The president and vice-president have already done their Google chats.) Again, the election may be over, but the campaign never ends. You don't just get access to this White House for your money, you may get a free commercial broadcast featuring Barack or Michelle, beamed out to the world. What's next? The Dreamworks Facebook Easter Egg Roll? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/FLOTUS-First-Lets-Move-Google+-Fireside-Hangout/932569025106578804.htmlLaura2013-03-04T12:41:00ZChicago to start sex education in kindergartenLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chicago-to-start-sex-education-in-kindergarten/-887034288939753133.html2013-03-01T12:42:00Z2013-03-01T12:42:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>As a mother of three young children, I see <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/03/01/chicago-public-schools-will-start-sex-education-in-kindergarten/#ixzz2MHS9Hrb7" target="_blank">these stories</a> and want to cry. How did we get to this point? Our children are not allowed innocence even at 5 years of age? Being told about "private parts"--as in, "no one sees or touches your private parts except mommy &amp; a doctor"--is all a small child can or wants to handle when it comes to sex education. But today little kids are forced to deal with complicated issues of sexuality that they are totally unequipped emotionally or intellectually to process. We see cases of children, who at 6 years old, declare their gender "wrong," and schools are scrambling to accommodate them. The rest of the children are left confused and dare not complain when Johnny walks into the girls bathroom, lest you be branded a "bully." None of these issues are easy, but children need us to care for them, which means to protect their innocence so that they may have childhoods. The serious issues will rain down on them soon enough. Your thoughts? Share them on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. Are we introducing sexual topics to our kids too early? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chicago-to-start-sex-education-in-kindergarten/-887034288939753133.htmlLaura2013-03-01T12:42:00Z2016 Watch: Scott Walker's tax cut spreads the wealthLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/2016-Watch:-Scott-Walkers-tax-cut-spreads-the-wealth/313813370822843082.html2013-02-27T12:44:00Z2013-02-27T12:44:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>While pundits watch every move and speech made by Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, I am keeping my eye on Wisconsin's governor Scott Walker. The man who successfully took on his state's unions is not flashy, not a firebrand, but he is doing a lot of the right things quietly and confidently. He is pro-business, pro-life, against Medicaid expansion and a tax cutter. <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/schncol27-ho8ufr6-193415661.html" target="_blank">His plans to roll back the government money grab</a> stands in stark contrast to what the president is proposing on a national level vis a vis "revenues." (Yes, he also recently pledged support for a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants, but no one's perfect.) What do YOU think of Governor Walker so far? Hit me on <a href="https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle" target="_blank">twitter</a> &amp; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. Keep the conversation going. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/2016-Watch:-Scott-Walkers-tax-cut-spreads-the-wealth/313813370822843082.htmlLaura2013-02-27T12:44:00ZYour money: FLOTUS begins "Let's Move" anniv tourLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Your-money:-FLOTUS-begins-Lets-Move-anniv-tour/701663831089715752.html2013-02-27T12:40:00Z2013-02-27T12:40:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>At a time when her husband is threatening and scare mongering on sequester cuts, Michelle Obama is preparing to once again <a href="http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2013/02/today-first-lady-begins-lets-move.html" target="_blank">blow a lot of our money</a> to celebrate her vanity project? There are plenty of overweight people in fat cat Washington. Stay put, unless you are spending your own money to cover the costs of government flights, security, and other staffing. (Is she doing "audience giveaways" a la Oprah and Ellen, too?) Remember, as Michelle told Jimmy Fallon, watch out Jay Leno. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Your-money:-FLOTUS-begins-Lets-Move-anniv-tour/701663831089715752.htmlLaura2013-02-27T12:40:00ZEven liberals wince at Michelle's Oscar turnLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Even-liberals-wince-at-Michelles-Oscar-turn/584365012669451131.html2013-02-26T13:33:00Z2013-02-26T13:33:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Let's say it simply and clearly: Mrs. Obama embarrassed herself with her starlet <a href="http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/columns/2013/02/26/michelle-obama-unnecessary-oscar-turn/GcjXPddC75nV8AjVTBRfyK/story.html" target="_blank">appearance at the Academy Awards</a>. There is something deeply odd about one of the most recognized women in the world publicly injecting herself into an arena in which she has no expertise or accomplishment. Her ubiquity makes me almost expect her to show up in my medicine cabinet mirror in the mornings. The words desperate and narcissistic come to mind. Then again, for the Obamas, it's always been like Hollywood on the Potomac, with high-profile celebrities making themselves comfy in the Situation Room and Lincoln Bedroom. Plus, the Obama White House does have its own--wardrobe department (remember the white coats passed out to doctors in the Rose Garden?); casting director (Valerie Jarrett); marketing department (MSNBC); and of course they always can count on help from real producers and directors like Weinstein and Speilberg. <br /><br /> The Obama presidency reminds me of the Twilight movies: popular without any lasting value. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Even-liberals-wince-at-Michelles-Oscar-turn/584365012669451131.htmlLaura2013-02-26T13:33:00ZTraveling reporters get bill, but little news, when Obama travelsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Traveling-reporters-get-bill,-but-little-news,-when-Obama-travels/940526413725616811.html2013-02-25T13:18:00Z2013-02-25T13:18:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Here's an idea: inform the White House you will only report on actual news, not the lousy scraps or cotton candy themes tossed to the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/traveling-reporters-complain-about-a-lack-of-access-to-obama-on-the-road/2013/02/24/9e58d626-7c56-11e2-82e8-61a46c2cde3d_story.html" target="_blank">wags on the plane</a>. Imagine if we had a consistently aggressive class of journalists interested more in the truth than their political agendas. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Traveling-reporters-get-bill,-but-little-news,-when-Obama-travels/940526413725616811.htmlLaura2013-02-25T13:18:00ZNEWSFLASH! Obama attends youngest daughter's dance recitalLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NEWSFLASH!-Obama-attends-youngest-daughters-dance-recital/105471039874473958.html2013-02-25T12:43:00Z2013-02-25T12:43:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The press should really be ashamed of itself. <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130224/DA4KMF500.html" target="_blank">This story</a> made the "political" section of the Associated Press. This is what passes as news today: Michelle reads the Best Picture winner live at the Oscars; her husband plays golf with Tiger Woods; Michelle returns to Jason Wu for the SOTU address. In between managing those national priorities the president campaigns for more social transformation, while he and his team demonize the GOP. Of course there's no time or inclination to do what the nation really needs: lead. We need the kind of leadership from our president that will compel him to sit in a room with GOP and Democrat leaders and not emerge until we right this country's economic direction. But don't hold your breath, "change agent" has important business to do: his bracket picks for the NCAA tournament will be due soon! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NEWSFLASH!-Obama-attends-youngest-daughters-dance-recital/105471039874473958.htmlLaura2013-02-25T12:43:00ZThe true story behind the 2008 financial crisisLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-true-story-behind-the-2008-financial-crisis/-913646585126708258.html2013-02-22T14:00:00Z2013-02-22T14:00:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>Peter Wallison's new book&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0844772380/ref=s9_psimh_gw_p14_d1_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=center-2&amp;pf_rd_r=0GPMW0A7SGBSNBF546AQ&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1389517282&amp;pf_rd_i=507846" target="_blank"><em>Bad History, Worse Policy: How a False Narrative About the Financial Crisis Led to the Dodd-Frank Act</em></a>&nbsp;lays out the real reason for the 2008 financial calamity from which we have never robustly recovered. &nbsp;The lies sold in the Obama-friendly media about why things collapsed are easily debunked. &nbsp;The problems began with Jimmy Carter's 1978 "Community Reinvestment Act" and were exacerbated in the Clinton years. &nbsp;Do-gooders in government decided that more Americans needed to be homeowners and attempted to create a government apparatus to ensure they reached their goal. &nbsp;This ultimately helped created the housing bubble. &nbsp;Easy money, easy credit, no standards. &nbsp;Wallison spoke recently at an AEI conference. &nbsp;<a href="http://freebeacon.com/the-true-story-behind-the-financial-crisis/" target="_blank">Washington Free Beacon</a> captures the essence:&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">"The government created Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy home mortgages from banks in order to free up capital at those&nbsp; banks and permit more loans. And according to a 1992 piece of legislation, 30 percent of the home mortgages that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bought had to be from individuals at or below the area&rsquo;s median income level.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">The 1992 legislation also gave the Department of Housing and Urban Development the power to raise the requirement. By 2005,&nbsp;55 percent of all mortgages bought by the two government-owned mortgage-backing institutions were for low-income individuals .</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">While Fannie and Freddie could meet the initial 30 percent requirement without too much trouble, the steadily increasing requirement forced the two institutions to lower their underwriting standards for mortgages. They reduced the minimum FICO credit score and began accepting mortgages with no down payment&mdash;two of the most important indicators for the quality of a mortgage."</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-true-story-behind-the-2008-financial-crisis/-913646585126708258.htmlLaura2013-02-22T14:00:00ZAll is forbiddenLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/All-is-forbidden/601426579896483238.html2013-02-22T12:43:00Z2013-02-22T12:43:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I said this week that the GOP needs to rebrand itself the Fun &amp; Freedom Party. Yes, you read that right. The people who believe in true freedom today aren't Democrats. The word "liberal" has been a misnomer for decades. Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mike Bloomberg (the ultimate RHINO) are control freaks--the opposite of liberal. The modern left-wing mindset equates freedom with sexual expression, marijuana use, pornography and abortion. A real pathway to independence and self-fulfillment! In the end, on most other matters big and small, the left wants to limit or dictate your choices from the types of cars we drive, the food we eat, to where our thermostat is set. <a href="http://m.nypost.com/p/pagesix/cindy_adams/all_is_forbidden_TO0zbrmEsU8yi2YHYctlHJ?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_content=%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20Cindy%20Adams" target="_blank">Read this hilarious piece</a> by Cindy Adams in the New York Post that touches on our increasingly less fun daily lives. (Note, of course she doesn't connect the dots that most of the fearmongering on food etc is fueld by liberals...Bloomberg!) <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/All-is-forbidden/601426579896483238.htmlLaura2013-02-22T12:43:00ZPecking at news crumbs as Obama feeds anchorsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pecking-at-news-crumbs-as-Obama-feeds-anchors/305891241421632348.html2013-02-21T14:30:00Z2013-02-21T14:30:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>A low point for American journalism (and there have been many) was Sunday's pathetic chorus of "Did you beat Tiger?" shout-outs to the President. For days the hungry members of the White House press corps were left <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2013/02/21/pecking_at_news_crumbs_as_obama_feeds_anchors.html" target="_blank">scrounging for any random tidbit</a> tossed out by the president or his press aides. For years the Administration that used its chosen media flaks to drive voter turnout, demonize Republicans, and promote its successes, suddenly put up a wall around the president's schedule. Why? Now a few journalists are catching on. They feel used. One problem: for five years they willingly allowed themselves to be used. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pecking-at-news-crumbs-as-Obama-feeds-anchors/305891241421632348.htmlLaura2013-02-21T14:30:00ZFeds propose rule to protect 'threatened' wolverine from climate changeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Feds-propose-rule-to-protect-threatened-wolverine-from-climate-change/375394206720800502.html2013-02-21T12:49:00Z2013-02-21T12:49:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>What about a rule to protect threatened babies from Planned Parenthood? Prepare to feel the effect of all manner of costly over-the-top <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/feds-propose-rule-protect-threatened-wolverine-climate-change" target="_blank">federal rules</a> and regulations already raining down on us in this Obama second term. As usual, businesses will pay the price and pass on added costs to consumers. But don't worry: all this mischief is done to "benefit society." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Feds-propose-rule-to-protect-threatened-wolverine-from-climate-change/375394206720800502.htmlLaura2013-02-21T12:49:00ZIsolation generation: Calif. gunman was loner, 'gamer'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Isolation-generation:-Calif.-gunman-was-loner,-gamer/887851345016590511.html2013-02-20T23:58:00Z2013-02-20T23:58:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Another young person isolated, alone for hours, glued to a screen, with no prior arrests <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2013/02/20/5203550/details-emerge-on-calif-shooting.html" target="_blank">turns to deadly violence</a>. We as a society haven't begun to fully comprehend how young Americans are becoming more detached, less connected to family, friends and neighbors, in part because technology gives a false sense of power and connectedness. Today more Americans of all ages are "cocooning" themselves in a world we find increasingly uncertain and unstable. But we cannot withdraw or recoil--we must engage and reach out and fix what ails us. Gun control is not going to solve this. Involved citizens, active, stable families are were we can find solutions. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Isolation-generation:-Calif.-gunman-was-loner,-gamer/887851345016590511.htmlLaura2013-02-20T23:58:00ZO.C. shooting suspect identified as college student with no recordLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/O.C.-shooting-suspect-identified-as-college-student-with-no-record/528609917195880319.html2013-02-20T12:46:00Z2013-02-20T12:46:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>So much for those background checks....Once again we see the rush to regulate may make legislators feel good, but one of the most popular measures (universal background checks) wouldn't have stopped <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/la-at-least-one-dead-in-shootings-near-tustin-m,0,4716755.story?track=rss" target="_blank">another shooting</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/O.C.-shooting-suspect-identified-as-college-student-with-no-record/528609917195880319.htmlLaura2013-02-20T12:46:00ZU.S. Struggles to Nab Visitors Who OverstayLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/U.S.-Struggles-to-Nab-Visitors-Who-Overstay/-809497239145690875.html2013-02-19T12:41:00Z2013-02-19T12:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I love this title. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323764804578312330678211000.html?mod=WSJ_GoogleNews&amp;mod=igoogle_wsj_gadgv1" target="_blank">The U.S. government "struggles"</a> to ensure that people who are supposed to leave actually leave. We have the most sophisticated technological minds in the world here--if we wanted to enforce our immigration laws, we would be doing just that. The U.S. military just spent $3 million to begin developing facial recognition software that allows anyone with a cell phone to identify individuals 50 yards away. This invariably will help stop suicide bombers, "insider" attacks, and other deadly assaults on our servicemen. Where there is a will there is a way and the fact is, enforcing ICE laws has never been a priority of either party when it had the White House. Other less advanced countries take their sovereignty far more seriously than our own. Once again, we find ourselves with a dynamic of the elites who were happy to keep the cheap influx of cheap labor versus the people who understand where all this leads. Now the same people who allowed millions of illegal immigrants to come and remain here insist the answer to decades of government malfeasance is a pathway to voting rights? How convenient--for them. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/U.S.-Struggles-to-Nab-Visitors-Who-Overstay/-809497239145690875.htmlLaura2013-02-19T12:41:00ZLearning the hard way--schools overreact to kids' imaginationLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Learning-the-hard-way--schools-overreact-to-kids-imagination/452939201311196878.html2013-02-18T13:36:00Z2013-02-18T13:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>You have heard about the post- Newtown stories--a 5 year old arrested for bringing a squirt gun to school, another questioned by police for making a gun motion with his little hand. I'm for disciplining unruly kids but what message are we really sending them if we wildly overreact to what children naturally do--imagine. Join the conversation on my <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a> page and <a href="https://twitter.com/IngrahamAngle" target="_blank">Twitter</a> about how whether the examples in this <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130218/DA4GTUPG2.html" target="_blank">article</a> represent disproportional punishment or needed early interventions. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Learning-the-hard-way--schools-overreact-to-kids-imagination/452939201311196878.htmlLaura2013-02-18T13:36:00ZChina on the move...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/China-on-the-move.../-6568387942287480.html2013-02-16T02:31:00Z2013-02-16T02:31:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>As we heard in his State of the Union speech, President Obama maintains that our recovery is on track. "We're moving in the right direction, etc." Yet this claim is patently absurd on many levels. Consider this: our economic standing vis a vis China continues to deteriorate. Recent data indicate that in 2012, total U.S. GDP was $15.4 trillion, while total China GDP was $8.2 trillion. But these figures do not accurately calculate what each country can buy with its money. For example, Americans would be more likely to buy bread, while Chinese would be more likely to buy rice. Since rice is cheaper than bread, China's money can go further than ours. To account for differences like this, economists have developed the concept of "purchasing power parity" ("PPP"). By looking at things on a PPP basis, we can take into account relative costs and inflation rates of the countries we are comparing. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28PPP%29" target="_blank">On a PPP basis</a>, our GDP in 2012 was $15.7 trillion, while China's was $12.4 trillion. <br /><br /> As the <a href="http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20130210000047" target="_blank">Korea Herald reports</a>, Price Waterhouse believes that China will overtake us on a PPP basis by 2017 -- and, as you can see, they have almost caught us on this basis already. <br /><br /> The National Intelligence Council thinks that China will overtake the U.S. on a PPP basis by 2022, and that China will overtake the U.S. using market exchange rates sometime near 2030. The Council believes that "PPP-based measures probably provide better insight into fundamental economic strength." Check out at footnote "a" on page 15 of the <a href="http://www.dni.gov/files/documents/GlobalTrends_2030.pdf" target="_blank">attached report</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/China-on-the-move.../-6568387942287480.htmlLaura2013-02-16T02:31:00ZObama attempting to change face of the judiciaryLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-attempting-to-change-face-of-the-judiciary/-461869839579594515.html2013-02-15T15:21:00Z2013-02-15T15:21:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130215/DA4EVANG1.html" target="_blank">This is another issue</a>--the courts--that the GOP better be prepared to discuss in the coming elections. By the end of his second term, Obama could remake a significant portion of the judiciary from the district court to the Supreme Court. Mitt Romney for some reason largely steered clear of discussing the huge consequences of this. How many times did we hear the GOP discuss the Supreme Court, or any federal courts for that matter? This must change. We must educate the voting public on the key cases, costs, and constitutional aftershocks of activist judges. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-attempting-to-change-face-of-the-judiciary/-461869839579594515.htmlLaura2013-02-15T15:21:00ZObummer Economy Update: Obama "recovery" destroying middle classLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obummer-Economy-Update:-Obama-recovery-destroying-middle-class/-639160602116632092.html2013-02-14T16:02:00Z2013-02-14T16:02:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>"For the middle class today, [the Obama] recovery isn't translating into higher paying jobs," reports the Washington Post. &nbsp;This is a devastating families and entire communities across the U.S. today. &nbsp;Neither party really has answer about how to remedy the problem of our ever-debilitated middle class. Yes, Republicans, tax cuts will help some and budget reform will improve the overall economic outlook, too. &nbsp;But something far deeper must be addressed to begin to rebuild our middle class wages and standard of living. &nbsp;No, Mr. President, spending more government money to create more government jobs won't do it either. &nbsp;In the end, Pat Buchanan was smarter than most libertarians thought. &nbsp;The trade-offs for so-called "free trade" weren't pretty for most Americans. &nbsp;Globalization has its benefits, but the middle class of our country aren't seeing them. &nbsp;Even the Post acknowledged that "globalization...enabled companies to lay off highly paid workers in the U.S. during recessions and replace them with lower-paid ones overseas during recoveries." &nbsp;The current landscape is bleak: "Today, nearly four years after the Great Recession, 12 million Americans are actively looking for work but can&rsquo;t find a job; 11&nbsp;million others are stuck working part time when they would like to be full time, or they would like to work but are too discouraged to job-hunt. Meanwhile, workers&rsquo; median wages were lower at the end of 2012, after adjustments for inflation, than they were at the end of 2003. Real household income was lower in 2011 than it was in 1989." &nbsp;Yes, you can--earn less than the decade before.&nbsp;</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obummer-Economy-Update:-Obama-recovery-destroying-middle-class/-639160602116632092.htmlLaura2013-02-14T16:02:00ZHappy VD-tines Day!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Happy-VD-tines-Day!/389357735833371986.html2013-02-14T14:19:00Z2013-02-14T14:19:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>What a shock! After 40+ years of popular culture, schools, and even politicians promoting sexual experimentation and discovery to our children, we are seeing an "ongoing, severe epidemic" of STDs. One of the biggest lies ever told is that there is such a thing as "safe sex" for teens, or anyone for that matter out of wedlock. When kids are not discouraged from promiscuity, they naturally gravitate toward risky behavior that they are not equipped to handle with maturity and seriousness. Their attitudes morphed from: "sex outside marriage is sinful" to "kids are going to have sex, so might as well give them access to 'protection,'" to "all kids are having sex so we must make available abortifacient drugs at school without mom or dad knowing." We as a society stood by and allowed this to happen, our girls become targets for date-rape, pedophiles scour the internet for their next conquests, and now we discover that they our most precious resource, our young people, are more prone to enter college <a href="http://vitals.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/13/16951432-ongoing-severe-epidemic-of-stds-in-us-report-finds" target="_blank">riddled with disease</a> as well. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Happy-VD-tines-Day!/389357735833371986.htmlLaura2013-02-14T14:19:00ZThe Laundry List for the LeftLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Laundry-List-for-the-Left/-488456065109992819.html2013-02-13T16:33:00Z2013-02-13T16:33:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Our friends at the Washington Free Beacon have it exactly right. The president's State of the Union speech was a colossal snore. More liberal prescriptions for what ails us. None of it works as we see from the fact that we had 604,000 more manufacturing jobs when Obama took office than we have now, stagnating wages, and $4 trillion in additional debt. So <a href="http://freebeacon.com/booring/" target="_blank">the only things that Obama offers</a> are the same ideas that didn't work the first go-round: taxing and spending. This is going to be a long four years. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Laundry-List-for-the-Left/-488456065109992819.htmlLaura2013-02-13T16:33:00ZRand Paul says less Robin Hood, more Adam SmithLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rand-Paul-says-less-Robin-Hood,-more-Adam-Smith/424330858979942889.html2013-02-13T13:16:00Z2013-02-13T13:16:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The philosophy Kentucky Senator Rand Paul laid out in the "Tea Party" response to the SOTU was solid, his solutions based in a clear-eyed application of free market principles. But after reviewing our show email and tweets late Tuesday night, I think many of you out there are hoping that the junior senator finds some of the same <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/rand-paul-less-robin-hood-more-adam-smith_701178.html" target="_blank">fire in his belly that his dad had</a>. Delivery and style matter--let's face it, it's a large part of the reason we are looking at four more years of Barack Obama. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rand-Paul-says-less-Robin-Hood,-more-Adam-Smith/424330858979942889.htmlLaura2013-02-13T13:16:00ZObama uses shooting of Chicago girl to push gun control at SOTULaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-uses-shooting-of-Chicago-girl-to-push-gun-control-at-SOTU/45819750536539634.html2013-02-12T12:59:00Z2013-02-12T12:59:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The scourge of Chicago gun violence has been a heart wrenching fact of the Windy City's story for a few years, yet Pres. Obama is just acknowledging the problem now? This is the rankest type of political opportunism and typical of this White House. Like the mayor of Chi-town Rahm Emanuel famously said, "never let a crisis go to waste." <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/12/justice/illinois-chicago-killing/index.html" target="_blank">The poor girl who died</a> at the hands of gang-bangers is victimized once again--this time by a political machine in Washington that didn't bother even mentioning the crisis until it was expedient to do so. Five hundred others are dead in his hometown, who didn't attend the inauguration. Most were casualties of the vicious gang culture borne out of broken families, failed liberal social policies, and an ineffective criminal justice system overwhelmed by the chaos. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-uses-shooting-of-Chicago-girl-to-push-gun-control-at-SOTU/45819750536539634.htmlLaura2013-02-12T12:59:00ZRising Voice of Gun Ownership Is FemaleLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rising-Voice-of-Gun-Ownership-Is-Female/-849580120122872675.html2013-02-11T12:38:00Z2013-02-11T12:38:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The great equalizer. Yes, a firearm in the hand of a woman levels the playing field against a violent attacker of superior strength. Liberals claim to be for "grrrrrl power," but the vast majority prefer to make it more difficult for women to buy, own and transfer the gun of their choice. The real war on women is the violence done to them when they are unable or unprepared to defend themselves. Feminists should be encouraging <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/11/us/rising-voice-of-gun-ownership-is-female.html?partner=MYWAY&amp;ei=5065&amp;_r=1&amp;" target="_blank">gun ownership among capable women</a>. Wouldn't it be nice if they were helping break down barriers to gun ownership for women rather than obsessing on birth control and abortion? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rising-Voice-of-Gun-Ownership-Is-Female/-849580120122872675.htmlLaura2013-02-11T12:38:00Z'Ramona' & Sheryl SandbergLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ramona--Sheryl-Sandberg/-24020012400227313.html2013-02-08T14:08:00Z2013-02-08T14:08:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Time to stop helicopter parenting and start teaching independence. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/why_our_kids_aren_ramona_the_brave_WfLWzlBFTYdwRdVVeugnJN" target="_blank">A great piece</a> in today's NYPost. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ramona--Sheryl-Sandberg/-24020012400227313.htmlLaura2013-02-08T14:08:00ZReagan foreign policy strong--but restrainedLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Reagan-foreign-policy-strong--but-restrained/-16678675499007071.html2013-02-07T12:46:00Z2013-02-07T12:46:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>As the GOP wrestles with how to move forward, many of the old Establishment types and party's new voices are trying to claim the Reagan mantle. President Reagan's birthday week is a good occasion to correct the record for those who justify future American military interventionism by citing Reagan. I worked for President Reagan. I loved President Reagan. And many who are trying to re-invent conservatism are no Reagans. <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/sen-rand-paul-reagan-s-foreign-policy-was-robust-also-restrained" target="_blank">Check out Rand Paul's take..</a> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Reagan-foreign-policy-strong--but-restrained/-16678675499007071.htmlLaura2013-02-07T12:46:00ZPrinciples out the window: Kasich takes Obamacare's free moneyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Principles-out-the-window:-Kasich-takes-Obamacares-free-money/-184767199688266928.html2013-02-06T15:22:00Z2013-02-06T15:22:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Gov. John Kasich of Ohio is a Republican. He also proudly calls himself a conservative. But is it conservative to flip-flop on something as important as Obamacare? (Mitt Romneycare was the GOP nominee, after all.) Kasich has decided for "practical reasons" to expand Medicaid under Obamacare. He is one of five Republican governors <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/339902/kasich-takes-obamacare-s-free-money-editors" target="_blank">taking the federal money</a>; he says it's good for Ohioans because of the strain otherwise put on his state budget. But can the GOP win by doing what Pat Buchanan calls the ongoing "striptease" of its basic principles? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Principles-out-the-window:-Kasich-takes-Obamacares-free-money/-184767199688266928.htmlLaura2013-02-06T15:22:00ZObama gunning for for more controls in the Midwest...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-gunning-for-for-more-controls-in-the-Midwest.../968803600219606622.html2013-02-04T17:09:00Z2013-02-04T17:09:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>Anything to avoid tackling the most important issue facing our country--our economy, debt and deficit. &nbsp;It is worth noting that Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, who was killed at a gun range in Texas over the weekend was vehemently against additional gun control measures. &nbsp;He noted that Switzerland has a high percentage of gun owners, concealed carriers, and crime is almost non-existent there. &nbsp;The left is energized, but as <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/brucerogers/2013/02/01/nra-winning-the-influence-battle-over-gun-control/" target="_blank">Forbes points out today</a>, the influence war is being won by the 2nd Amendment defenders, despite the fact that 2nd Amendment-defending Republican pols have left the heavy-lifing to the NRA:&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>It&rsquo;s a Marathon, not a sprint.</strong>&nbsp;It seems the NRA has the stamina to out-run the pro-gun control movement. They are persistent, un-yielding and gaining influence. It will be interesting to see how the pro-gun control voice responds and how the influence between the two groups changes as the debate persists.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>The pro-gun rights voice is rapidly gaining influence while the pro-gun control voice has tapered in recent weeks</strong>. Momentum is shifting and the gun control debate is becoming a platform benefiting gun rights advocates.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-gunning-for-for-more-controls-in-the-Midwest.../968803600219606622.htmlLaura2013-02-04T17:09:00ZThe few, the good...the commercialsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-few,-the-good...the-commercials/511462935381334383.html2013-02-04T14:04:00Z2013-02-04T14:04:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p><strong>Two Best Commercials:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Jeep/USO</strong> -- narrated by Oprah.&nbsp; True celebrities are the men and women who sacrifice of themselves for their country, buddies, families, for little fanfare or money.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Dodge/Ram Trucks</strong> -- The great Paul Harvey, one of the best in radio EVER, on farmers--their sense of family, work ethic, compassion and faith.&nbsp;</p>
<strong>5 worst commercials:</strong>
<p><strong>Gildan t-shirt filth</strong>.&nbsp; Girls, sleep with your boyfriend, wear his shirt, and he'll abandon you!&nbsp; I won't ever buy their clothes again.</p>
<p><strong>Two Broke Girls </strong>-- a new show on CBS.&nbsp; The "sneak preview" featured the girls ripping off their tops and a stripper pole.&nbsp; How original!</p>
<p><strong>GoDaddy.com</strong> -- Bar Rafeli and unattractive obese character actor kiss for what seems like an eternity.&nbsp; You can hear the spit being swapped.&nbsp; Grab the air sickness ad.&nbsp;</p>
<p><strong>Calvin Klein</strong> -- Guy's privates accentuated in his undies. Slow-mo for all the cougars, teeny boppers.&nbsp; Marky Mark was better 20 years ago.</p>
<p><strong>Volkswagon</strong> -- White guys using Jamaican accent.&nbsp; Not racist, just stupid.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-few,-the-good...the-commercials/511462935381334383.htmlLaura2013-02-04T14:04:00ZSchumer: We Won't Let Border Security Block the Path to CitizenshipLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Schumer:-We-Wont-Let-Border-Security-Block-the-Path-to-Citizenship/236090334257019695.html2013-02-01T12:51:00Z2013-02-01T12:51:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Marco Rubio, call your office! Sen. David Vitter is correct--we've seen this movie before and we know how it ends. The undocumented get legal status and ultimate voting rights, our legal immigrants and citizens get empty promises of enforcement. So millions more will come, today's "shadow" workers will be replaced by new "shadow" workers. Middle class wages will continue to suffer, lag, and stagnate. Prove over 5 years that the border is enforced using objective standards and measurements. Only then should we even consider a "legal" status for those here illegally. Republicans should make the case to legal Hispanic citizens and residents that this approach will prevent further wage erosion, and ultimately their children's future. After "comprehensive reform" is enacted, <a href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2013/01/31/schumer-we-wont-let-border-security-block-the-path-to-citizenship-n1502507">the president will do little to enforce the border</a>. (Think of the level of enthusiasm he has for reducing the debt and deficit.) And once again we, the American people, will be left holding the bag. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Schumer:-We-Wont-Let-Border-Security-Block-the-Path-to-Citizenship/236090334257019695.htmlLaura2013-02-01T12:51:00ZEconomic jitters compete with Obama agendaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Economic-jitters-compete-with-Obama-agenda/-249888999102922705.html2013-01-31T13:59:00Z2013-01-31T13:59:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Most of us have known this for years, but the "mainstream" press is just getting around to the realization that President Obama is just not that interested in addressing our long term debt or cutting the deficit. His priority is remaking America, its social structures. When the president is passionate about something, he devotes time to it, and can be convincing. He hosts White House forums on immigration, gun control, and gay rights--he invests political capital addressing these. <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130131/DA452H901.html">Not so with the economy</a>--the president only met with his highly touted "jobs council" a handful of times over two years, and now we learn that the president is letting his jobs council expire this week.&nbsp; Nice work if you can get it! The man has his list of goals--and cutting spending does not make his Top 5. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Economic-jitters-compete-with-Obama-agenda/-249888999102922705.htmlLaura2013-01-31T13:59:00ZPromises broken on Gitmo, networks silentLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Promises-broken-on-Gitmo,-networks-silent/695519903660338245.html2013-01-30T13:21:00Z2013-01-30T13:21:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This is another <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2013/01/29/networks-silent-obama-gives-closing-guantanamo-previously-praised-pr#ixzz2JSVYKoXc">great piece</a> by our friends at Newsbusters exposing a media still slavishly devoted to President Obama. Promises about unemployment levels, the deficit, transparency, bipartisanship, and closing Gitmo were all out the window in the first term, yet most in the media made excuses for the president's lapses. Righteously indignant, Obama on numerous times declared that he would close Gitmo, which he claimed was a "recruiting tool" for terrorists. Fast forward four years, reality trumps left-wing rhetoric, but he gets a pass. <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2013/01/29/networks-silent-obama-gives-closing-guantanamo-previously-praised-pr#ixzz2JSVYKoXc">Read more</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Promises-broken-on-Gitmo,-networks-silent/695519903660338245.htmlLaura2013-01-30T13:21:00ZThe real cost of giving illegal immigrants citizenshipLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-real-cost-of-giving-illegal-immigrants-citizenship/416952325743655698.html2013-01-29T12:32:00Z2013-01-29T12:32:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>On the surface, the "bipartisan" immigration agreement announced Monday may sound reasonable. Finally, the thought goes, these folks who have been living in the shadows are going to "come out of the shadows" and pay taxes. But as with the healthcare debate, the promises of savings are almost certainly fanciful. From a new <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/28/cost-giving-illegal-immigrants-path-to-citizenship-could-outweigh-fiscal/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher#ixzz2JKteT79z">Fox News report</a>:
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<div class="indent"><br /> Research shows creating a path to citizenship for so many illegal immigrants would result in significant costs to state, local and federal governments.... <br /><br /> [T]he main reason illegal immigrants create a large deficit is not their heavy use of social services but their lack of education, which results in low-paying jobs and small income-tax contributions. <br /><br /> &ldquo;On average, the costs that illegal households impose on federal coffers are less than half that of other households, but their tax payments are only one-fourth that of other households,&rdquo; writes Steve Camarota, in his 2004 study &ldquo;The High Cost of Cheap Labor: Illegal Immigration and the Federal Budget.&rdquo;</div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-real-cost-of-giving-illegal-immigrants-citizenship/416952325743655698.htmlLaura2013-01-29T12:32:00ZTARP pay rule flouted by Obama AdminLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/TARP-pay-rule-flouted-by-Obama-Admin/-656122633987919233.html2013-01-29T12:27:00Z2013-01-29T12:27:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Corporate welfare socialists win, taxpayers lose. The left doesn't want to admit it but big government and big business invariably go hand in hand. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/29/business/generous-executive-pay-at-bailed-out-companies-treasury-watchdog-says.html?partner=MYWAY&amp;ei=5065&amp;_r=1&amp;">An inspector general's report found</a>:
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<div class="indent"><br /> "In 2012...three TARP companies convinced Treasury to roll back its guidelines by approving multimillion-dollar pay packages, high cash salaries, huge pay raises and removing compensation tied to meeting performance metrics....Treasury cannot look out for taxpayers' interests if it continues to rely to a great extent on the pay proposed by companies that have historically pushed back on pay limits."</div>
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<br /> No wonder Tim Geithner has been so anxious to leave town. More from the Times account: <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">"The report charges that Treasury has failed to rein in excessive pay at the three firms. It found that Treasury approved all pay raises requested for A.I.G., Ally and General Motors executives last year, with individual compensation increases of $30,000 to $1 million. It also faults the Treasury overseer for allowing pay packages above what comparable executives at other firms receive."</div>
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<br /> It's good work if you can get it. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/TARP-pay-rule-flouted-by-Obama-Admin/-656122633987919233.htmlLaura2013-01-29T12:27:00ZHillary and Barack on '60 Minutes': That Wasn't JournalismLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hillary-and-Barack-on-60-Minutes:-That-Wasnt-Journalism/-39754325406610601.html2013-01-28T13:27:00Z2013-01-28T13:27:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>While watching the Hillary &amp; Barack dog &amp; pony show on CBS's "60 Minutes" Sunday, I kept thinking to myself. WWMWHD? (What would Mike Wallace have done?) We aren't surprised when certain media outlets allow themselves to be used by the Clintons and Obamas, but when even "60 Minutes" can be co-opted, you know American journalism is flat-lining. I was half-expecting Hillary's name to be read among the nominees for Best Actress at the SAG awards. The audience was undoubtedly surprised that Daniel Day-Lewis bested Steve Kroft for the Best Actor statuette. (H/t to Howie Kurtz for alerting us to <a href="http://daily-download.com/hillary-barack-60-minutes-journalism/#.UQZ5NKics9o.twitter">the Daily Download piece</a> on the Hillary/Barack joint interview.) <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hillary-and-Barack-on-60-Minutes:-That-Wasnt-Journalism/-39754325406610601.htmlLaura2013-01-28T13:27:00Z'Obama presses liberal agenda as he starts 2nd term'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-presses-liberal-agenda-as-he-starts-2nd-term/147750745733268922.html2013-01-28T12:32:00Z2013-01-28T12:32:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Headline from <a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/jan/28/us-obamas-liberal-agenda/">today's Associated Press</a>: "Obama presses liberal agenda as he starts 2nd term." Cutting edge analysis! Thank goodness we have the AP for these insights. Same thing could have--should have--been written at the beginning of first term: Radical spending, radical restructuring of healthcare, radical use of EPA, radical imposition of "czars" to implement and market his left-wing agenda, etc. Remember all the high-minded liberal Republicans who insisted that Obama would govern from the middle? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-presses-liberal-agenda-as-he-starts-2nd-term/147750745733268922.htmlLaura2013-01-28T12:32:00ZEyeing rich bounty, China in line for Afghan roleLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Eyeing-rich-bounty,-China-in-line-for-Afghan-role/800355646095254307.html2013-01-26T15:47:00Z2013-01-26T15:47:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>After the US has spent the blood of our military and the treasure of our taxpayers in Iraq and Afghanistan, <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130126/DA41U3U03.html">now China will cash in</a>. The Bush administration started the GOP down the road as the "stupid party" by not getting deals in both countries for our "investments." Truly sickening. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Eyeing-rich-bounty,-China-in-line-for-Afghan-role/800355646095254307.htmlLaura2013-01-26T15:47:00ZObama's top staff...more left than everLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-top-staff...more-left-than-ever/29818196476885234.html2013-01-25T16:05:00Z2013-01-25T16:05:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>Do you still maintain that Obama is a pragmatic, practical, problem solver? &nbsp;Then you must also believe that the the Northeast is suffering from heatwave. &nbsp;Courtesy of some friends on the Hill, we know that:&nbsp;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">President Obama&rsquo;s new Chief of Staff used to blog for the liberal website Think Progress. &nbsp;Check out the tweet by&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/thinkprogress/statuses/294809636534628352">thinkprogress</a>: "Former ThinkProgress blogger Denis McDonough will be named the new White House Chief of Staff today." &nbsp;Oh, his new Communications Director did too. &nbsp;Another tweet from&nbsp;<a href="http://twitter.com/thinkprogress/statuses/294810176844881922">thinkprogress</a>: "Former ThinkProgress blogger Jennifer Palmieri will be named the new White House Communications Director." And you thought the old first term "czars" were bad.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-top-staff...more-left-than-ever/29818196476885234.htmlLaura2013-01-25T16:05:00ZFair Tax? Republican Govs push taxes on sales, not incomeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fair-Tax-Republican-Govs-push-taxes-on-sales,-not-income/-673465248239885747.html2013-01-25T15:57:00Z2013-01-25T15:57:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>For all of you who are depressed about the state of the GOP--especially those in Congress, take heart. Cool stuff is happening in the states on energy, education, and business promotion. As the President and his pals on the Hill push for ever-higher rates on the "wealthy," many of our 31 Republican governors are just saying no to income taxes, corporate taxes, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/25/us/politics/republican-governors-push-taxes-on-sales-not-income.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">opting for higher sales taxes</a>. The pro-growth results and Republican governors' popularity speak for themselves. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fair-Tax-Republican-Govs-push-taxes-on-sales,-not-income/-673465248239885747.htmlLaura2013-01-25T15:57:00ZTina Turner 'to become Swiss, give up US passport'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tina-Turner-to-become-Swiss,-give-up-US-passport/785027815010082728.html2013-01-25T15:50:00Z2013-01-25T15:50:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>How long before the feds push a law to prohibit citizens from moving money out of the country even when they flee for tax reasons? Would you ever consider <a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20130125-tina-turner-become-swiss-give-us-passport" target="_blank">leaving the country</a> if you believed the federal government was turning on the people and the Constitution? <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ingrahamangle" target="_blank">tweet us</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tina-Turner-to-become-Swiss,-give-up-US-passport/785027815010082728.htmlLaura2013-01-25T15:50:00ZWrong on Women WarriorsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Wrong-on-Women-Warriors/184968730039457580.html2013-01-24T13:56:00Z2013-01-24T13:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Administration's move to clear the way for women in combat is more evidence that Team Obama cares more about political correctness than about what works best for the day-to-day functioning of our military. Every commander and NCO with whom I have spoken over the years thinks this is a bad idea. (They also put great value on the vast contributions women have made at all other levels of the armed forces.) On the issue of mixed-gender combat, most have been intimidated into silence because they know that speaking against "women's military equality" could jeopardize their careers. Also, it is interesting to note that there is <a href="http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Female-Soldiers-Marines-Reveal-Little-Combat-Interest-Study-185878392.html" target="_blank">no real evidence</a> that female military service personnel are clamoring for infantry combat roles. <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/338613/wrong-women-warriors-heather-mac-donald" target="_blank">Read the terrific analysis</a> of this issue by Manhattan Institute's Heather MacDonald on the Pentagon's decision. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Wrong-on-Women-Warriors/184968730039457580.htmlLaura2013-01-24T13:56:00ZClinton talked to only one Benghazi survivor in 4 monthsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Clinton-talked-to-only-one-Benghazi-survivor-in-4-months/404152560991751572.html2013-01-24T13:23:00Z2013-01-24T13:23:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>When you are really interested in discovering the truth about something as important as Benghazi, you undertake an exhaustive review of all relevant facts. That means every witness is interviewed, every document and communication reviewed. Mrs. Clinton didn't do that here. In her <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/clinton-has-talked-only-1-american-benghazi-survivor-4-months-talked-none-wake-attack" target="_blank">Hill testimony</a>, more than four months after the deadly Libya assault, she still didn't know the number of Benghazi survivors. As smart as she is, if Mrs. Clinton wanted to know, she would have known. This Administrations handling of this tragic episode has stunk to high heaven from day one. On Wednesday, the stench got even more fetid. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Clinton-talked-to-only-one-Benghazi-survivor-in-4-months/404152560991751572.htmlLaura2013-01-24T13:23:00ZObama's triumph of low expectationsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-triumph-of-low-expectations/-215460337602574395.html2013-01-23T16:42:00Z2013-01-23T16:42:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/01/obama_s_second_term_economy_mediocre_results_will_be_good_enough_to_seal.html" target="_blank">More evidence</a> that Barack Obama has been successful in lowering our expectations for our new America. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-triumph-of-low-expectations/-215460337602574395.htmlLaura2013-01-23T16:42:00ZThe price of U.S. inaction against Benghazi terroristsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-price-of-U.S.-inaction-against-Benghazi-terrorists/685336172957513581.html2013-01-23T14:01:00Z2013-01-23T14:01:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>Why should any one be surprised--sources are telling the New York Times that some of the same terrorists who attacked the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi on 9/11 were also involved in the bloody assault at the Algerian gas complex. &nbsp;When America hesitates and dissembles in response to a brazen, deadly assault killing our ambassador, of course the Islamists are going to be emboldened to do more. &nbsp;Images of bloody American corpses and those of their allies spilled across the internet is what Islamic jihadists crave. &nbsp;Obama was wrong--Gitmo isn't a recruiting tool for terrorists. &nbsp;But Benghazi is. &nbsp;Those committed to establishing the global caliphate might be saying to themselves: Yes, the U.S. military might strike us with drones, but we drag the body of their top diplomatic official through the streets and they don't even show up to investigate or bring a single collaborator to justice. &nbsp;Hillary Clinton has a lot to answer for. &nbsp;Read the <a title="NY Times article." href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/world/africa/some-algeria-attackers-are-placed-at-benghazi.html?_r=1&amp;">New York Times account</a>:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">If confirmed, the link between two of the most brazen assaults in recent memory would reinforce the transborder character of the jihadist groups now striking across the Sahara. American officials have long warned that the region&rsquo;s volatile mix of porous borders, turbulent states, weapons and ranks of fighters with similar ideologies creates a dangerous landscape in which extremists are trying to collaborate across vast distances.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is scheduled to testify before Congress on Wednesday about the Libyan attack that killed the American ambassador and three staff members, raised the specter of regional cooperation among extremists soon after the&nbsp;<a title="NY Times article." href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/13/world/middleeast/us-envoy-to-libya-is-reported-killed.html">mission in Benghazi was overrun</a>.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">&nbsp;In particular, she said the Islamist militant takeover of northern Mali had created a &ldquo;safe haven&rdquo; for terrorists to &ldquo;extend their reach&rdquo; and work with other extremists in North Africa, &ldquo;as we tragically saw&nbsp; in Benghazi,&rdquo; though she offered no clear evidence of such ties.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-price-of-U.S.-inaction-against-Benghazi-terrorists/685336172957513581.htmlLaura2013-01-23T14:01:00ZObama dodges entitlements, realityLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-dodges-entitlements,-reality/-475272730857588621.html2013-01-22T15:05:00Z2013-01-22T15:05:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The president's ideological fervor was palpable throughout his inaugural address. He is a committed secular progressive, meaning he is not so much interested in addressing the nation's economic woes through growth, as he is in fundamentally reshaping America to resemble more of a European-style society. Three of the biggest crises of our day--family breakdown, the national debt, and the coming <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/president-obama-dodges-entitlements-86532.html?hp=t1_3" target="_blank">collapse of our entitlement programs</a> were almost completely ignored by Obama on Inauguration Day. He believes that leveling the playing field means the "makers" (i.e., job creators) must continually "sacrifice" (i.e., pay) for the rest of society. Obama, never having made a payroll himself, doesn't realize that although under his ideal economic system, the "rich" will get poorer, the poor will also get poorer. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-dodges-entitlements,-reality/-475272730857588621.htmlLaura2013-01-22T15:05:00ZAl Roker screaming like groupie at Obama, BidenLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Al-Roker-screaming-like-groupie-at-Obama,-Biden/-424597895122858705.html2013-01-22T12:29:00Z2013-01-22T12:29:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>We like Al, but at what point does this become embarrassing? At least he's not political reporter. Washington "Journalists" were similarly giddy during the inaugural festivities. (You know who you are.) Somehow I don't think cable television would have devoted hours of programming time discussing Michelle's choice of gown designer. Speculation alert: if it were a President Romney marching on Pennsylvania Ave Monday, Al probably wouldn't have been <a href="http://www.mrctv.org/videos/nbcs-al-roker-yells-groupie-obama-and-biden-during-inaugural-parade" target="_blank">jumping up and down with delight</a>. More conversation would have focused on the "immense challenges" facing the president in the second term. More calls for bipartisan approaches for the country's sake. And maybe even a few stray comments about how the inaugural spectacle was out of sync with the economic pain most American families are experiencing today. I personally love the pomp and circumstance of these occasions, but we still expect our news media to maintain some modicum of impartiality. After the last four years maybe we won't expect much. Our expectations have been successfully lowered both by the president and the media. Happy second term! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Al-Roker-screaming-like-groupie-at-Obama,-Biden/-424597895122858705.htmlLaura2013-01-22T12:29:00ZObama Jobs Council hits 1 year without official meetingLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-Jobs-Council-hits-1-year-without-official-meeting/-6700647371231526.html2013-01-18T13:57:00Z2013-01-18T13:57:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Look at this this way--<a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2013/01/obama-jobs-council-hits-year-without-official-meeting-154524.html?hp=r3" target="_blank">when they don't meet</a>, they can't advocate for more policies destructive to our free market. I prefer no meetings. Remember, with Obama, it's always the appearance of doing something that matters. It should be beyond obvious that President Obama has virtually zero interest in either growing the economy or cutting the deficit. Too bad the GOP still doesn't have much credibility on these issues either, in part because of the Democrats successful campaign to demonize and discredit them. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-Jobs-Council-hits-1-year-without-official-meeting/-6700647371231526.htmlLaura2013-01-18T13:57:00ZWH & Dems See Electoral Gold In Gun Fight...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/WH--Dems-See-Electoral-Gold-In-Gun-Fight.../450892966622493050.html2013-01-17T14:12:00Z2013-01-17T14:12:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>...but wait, I thought their anti-gun push was about "saving kids' lives," about "children's safety"! Of course, we jest. Wednesday's White House "<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/white-house-democrats-see-electoral-gold-in-gun-f" target="_blank">gun show</a>" was not a serious attempt to advance policy or legislation. It was a masterfully directed production that would have made Cameron MacIntosh proud. The choreography involved children who wrote letters to the president about the need for gun control. The White House used the kiddie wallpaper for maximum emotional manipulation. Democrats will demonize every Republican recalcitrant about gun control measures, in the hopes of setting up an electoral rout in the 2014 midterms. Once Dems have a majority in both Houses of Congress, Obama will have maximum power, flexibility, and ultimately the political domination he craves. That's what this is all about. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/WH--Dems-See-Electoral-Gold-In-Gun-Fight.../450892966622493050.htmlLaura2013-01-17T14:12:00ZDoctors without Borders!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Doctors-without-Borders!/51902480088792439.html2013-01-16T19:50:00Z2013-01-16T19:50:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>So now President Obama is turning doctors into roving interrogators who pry into the lives of their patients--so much for privacy. Today's White House <a target="_blank">backgrounder</a> provided to reporters at the president's afternoon gun control announcement, included directives to "[p]reserve the rights of health care providers to protect their patients and communities from gun violence." The Administration aims to "[p]rotect the rights of health care providers to talk to their patients about gun safety." Most creepy is the conclusion that doctors and other health professionals "need to be able to ask about firearms in their patients&rsquo; homes and safe storage of those firearms, especially if their patients show signs of certain mental illnesses or if they have a young child or mentally ill family member at home." Notice the language "especially if." So you could be perfectly healthy, just going for a routine checkup, and your doctor will be within his right to ask about your guns? This certainly sounds like we are creating a nation of snitches, spies, and basically gives doctors authority to interrogate law-abiding individuals exercising their constitutional right to bear arms. What if the doctor himself has mental issues or an axe to grind against a patient? If someone in your home is depressed and on medication, does this mean you will be encouraged (or later forced) to give up your guns? To where does the doctor "report" his concerns or findings? Local authorities? The feds? This is all nanny statism of the worst order. Doctors should stick to the practice of medicine. If they are mental health providers, that's one thing, but why should, let's say, your regular internist or dermatologist ask about guns in your home? Doctors are already leaving the profession in droves due to the extra burdens in Obamacare. Apparently President Obama is unconcerned about alienating even more of them (and their patients) with this silly edict. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Doctors-without-Borders!/51902480088792439.htmlLaura2013-01-16T19:50:00ZObama's political "child abuse"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-political-child-abuse/796472915847733159.html2013-01-16T12:38:00Z2013-01-16T12:38:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130116/DA3R6I1G0.html" target="_blank"></a>
<p>For 5 years I have documented the hypocrisy and prevarication of the President and First Lady on the issue of using children in political contexts.&nbsp; The president's double-talk on how "children should be off-limits" in our political debates was obvious during his first campaign.&nbsp; His daughters Malia and Sasha (both who seem delightfully unpretentious and well-adjusted), have, in fact, been referenced repeatedly to add an emotional resonance to President Obama campaign to remake America.&nbsp; In the First Lady's campaign against obesity, we learned about Sash's high BMI.&nbsp; In the health care debate, we heard about ---'s diabetes scare.&nbsp; In the BP oil spill, when so many faulted the president for his slow response, we were told his daughters approached him while shaving to ask, "Have you plugged the hole yet, Daddy?"&nbsp; They were even mentioned when the President slammed Mitt Romney with his "war on women" meme.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Of course Democrats have been using the children as human shields against criticism for decades: they are lined up behind liberal pols demanding more social spending, more regulations on business, and tax hikes.&nbsp; So it should be no surprise to anyone that the President choose to exploit children once again in his pitch for greater gun controls.&nbsp; Because he offers his gun policies "to save kids from violence," we are supposed to forget the consequences for the 2nd Amendment.&nbsp; What is especially odious here is that Democrats vehemently fight for the continued destruction of the most innocent in the womb, the tiniest victims in a federally-sanctioned war on their human rights.&nbsp; They "care" about the children?&nbsp; Please.&nbsp; They care about power, money and achieving their secular progressive utopia.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-political-child-abuse/796472915847733159.htmlLaura2013-01-16T12:38:00ZPolls supposedly show support for stricter gun lawsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Polls-supposedly-show-support-for-stricter-gun-laws/-401919118345435308.html2013-01-16T12:31:00Z2013-01-16T12:31:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20130116/DA3R6I1G0.html" target="_blank">The AP-Gfk poll</a> shows that 6 in 10 Americans favor stricter gun laws. In the absence of strong leadership and powerful rhetoric from a well-known Republican politician, I'm surprised the support for government action isn't higher. Also, we should also note that if new immigrants and illegal immigrants are part of the sampling, many will hail from countries that do honor individual gun rights as our Constitution does. Still, conservatives can't let the NRA take the primary lead on this issue, not when it is so easily maligned by the cultural and political elites. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Polls-supposedly-show-support-for-stricter-gun-laws/-401919118345435308.htmlLaura2013-01-16T12:31:00ZJustice Sotomayor discusses affirmative action, as it's pending before SCOTUSLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Justice-Sotomayor-discusses-affirmative-action,-as-its-pending-before-SCOTUS/-472955370843906822.html2013-01-14T18:14:00Z2013-01-14T18:14:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Sonia Sotomayor's new memoir "My Beloved World " is just out, and she's making the rounds on television to promote it. However, Court watchers were stunned when she discussed the impact of affirmative action on her own life at a time when the nine justices are considering another major case challenging affirmative action. Justice Sotomayor told Scott Pelley of "60 Minutes" that while she can't be seen to <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-10/affirmative-action-at-colleges-questioned-by-high-court" target="_blank">comment on a pending case</a>, affirmative action "was a door-opener that changed the course of my life." If this were Justice Scalia, Thomas or Alito opining on another controversial pending issue such as abortion, law professors across the country would be lambasting them. Of course, Sotomayor gets a free pass because she is: 1) an Obama pick, and 2) historic as the Court's first Latina. It would have been terrific if in the last presidential election the public had heard a real debate on the role of the Courts. And it would have been nice to have heard more from Mitt Romney about how judges who legislate from the bench imperil our representative democracy. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Justice-Sotomayor-discusses-affirmative-action,-as-its-pending-before-SCOTUS/-472955370843906822.htmlLaura2013-01-14T18:14:00ZGolden Globes showcases war on women's common sense and self-respectLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Golden-Globes-showcases-war-on-womens-common-sense-and-self-respect/954375983982768994.html2013-01-14T16:47:00Z2013-01-14T16:47:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Did you watch the 70th annual Golden Globes on Sunday night? First, congrats to Ben Affleck who deserved to win "Best Picture" and "Best Director" for Argo, a riveting film and a daring cinematic undertaking for the new filmmaker. We are not celebrating, however, the fact that the filthy dirty HBO show "Girls" won two major awards. Lena Dunham, the creator and lead actress in the series, was honored with "Best Actress in a Comedy" and the show won "Best Comedy. " That's hilarious all right, and the last laugh is on us. You see the message of "Girls" is that women, to be truly evolved and cutting edge today, must be promiscuous, sexual adventurers. They need to be more like men--by having as much sex outside marriage as possible, preferably without attachment or consequences. Is this a path to empowerment or enslavement? Women don't need men to objectify them anymore--they do it themselves. (Oh, by the way, don't forget that 26 year-old Lena Dunham was just paid $3.7 million to write an "advice" book for young women.) <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Golden-Globes-showcases-war-on-womens-common-sense-and-self-respect/954375983982768994.htmlLaura2013-01-14T16:47:00ZObama's post-election 'flexibility'=souring ties with RussiaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-post-election-flexibility=souring-ties-with-Russia/765066259087472910.html2013-01-14T13:55:00Z2013-01-14T13:55:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Last March, President Obama leaned over to Dmitri Medvedev in Seoul, South Korea and promised he would have "more flexibility" to deal with contentious issues like missile defense after the U.S. presidential election. <br /><br /> Obama urged Moscow to give him "space" until after the November ballot, and Putin's poodle promised to pass on the message to then-incoming Russian president Vladimir Putin. Well, Putin got the message, and predictably he took it as sign of American weakness, not strength. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sour-us-russia-relations-threaten-obamas-foreign-policy-agenda/2013/01/13/acf3856a-5b62-11e2-88d0-c4cf65c3ad15_story.html" target="_blank">The Washington Post today</a> describes what has happened to U.S.-Russia dialogue as "a poisonous unraveling" and "badly frayed bilateral relations." President Obama hasn't a clue on how leaders of Putin's ilk think. They sneer at weakness and take advantage of naivete. <br /><br />
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<br /><br /> So no one should be surprised that Putin did to hurt the orphans of his country by banning U.S. adoptions. He made a brutal and cruel calculation that the ban would help <em>him</em>. Meanwhile the U.S. State Department's response on behalf of hundreds of Americans who are left in the lurch is uninspired. As President Reagan proved, Russia respects strength, not vulnerability or hesitancy. <br /><br /> Things have been "reset" with Russia all right--to about 1977. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-post-election-flexibility=souring-ties-with-Russia/765066259087472910.htmlLaura2013-01-14T13:55:00ZThe Electronic Medical Records Lie...and the GE connectionLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Electronic-Medical-Records-Lie...and-the-GE-connection/238167226019310720.html2013-01-11T13:58:00Z2013-01-11T13:58:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Occasionally the New York Times will get it right--even if it's several years after we told you to beware the "expert" opinion on something as important as your medical records. This story involves crony capitalism, government overreach, the abuse of taxpayer funds--along with the privacy concerns. I never trusted the push for digitized medical records. I don't think the powers that be will safeguard their privacy. I don't believe the practice of medicine will be made "more efficient" as a result. I do believe the information stored "in the cloud" or wherever the heck they claim to keep it, will eventually be used against patients who have been previously diagnosed with serious illness or disease. Remember, this all got started when the smartypants at RAND issued a report funded by the very companies that stood to reap billions in profits if the push for electronic medical records was successful. The 2009 Obama "stimulus" set aside $19 billion in taxpayer funds to facilitate the transition to electronic medical records by 2014. As of last spring, only 1.5 percent of the 3,000 non-federal hospitals in a survey have a comprehensive electronic health record system. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/11/business/electronic-records-systems-have-not-reduced-health-costs-report-says.html?ei=5065&amp;adxnnl=1&amp;partner=MYWAY&amp;adxnnlx=1357905613-VoeJ6lhRPJyDgghq38GJ1w&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">The New York Times investigation</a> is worth reading: <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">"RAND&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG408.html" target="_blank">2005 report</a> was paid for by a group of companies, including General Electric and Cerner Corporation, that have profited by developing and selling electronic records systems to hospitals and physician practices. Cerner&rsquo;s revenue has nearly tripled since the report was released, to a projected $3 billion in 2013, from $1 billion in 2005. <br /><br /> The report predicted that widespread use of electronic records could save the United States health care system at least $81 billion a year, a figure RAND now says was overstated. The study was widely praised within the technology industry and helped persuade Congress and the Obama administration to authorize billions of dollars in federal stimulus money in 2009 to help hospitals and doctors pay for the installation of electronic records systems.<br /><br /> &ldquo;RAND got a lot of attention and a lot of buzz with the original analysis,&rdquo; said Dr. Kellermann, who was not involved in the 2005 study. &ldquo;The industry quickly embraced it.&rdquo;<br /><br /> But evidence of significant savings is scant, and there is increasing concern that electronic records have actually added to costs by making it easier to bill more for some services. Health care spending has risen $800 billion since the first report was issued, according to federal figures. The reasons are many, from the aging of the baby boomer population, to the cost of medical advances, to higher usage of medical services over all.<br /><br /> Officials at RAND said their new analysis did not try to put a dollar figure on how much electronic record-keeping had helped or hurt efforts to reduce costs. But the firm&rsquo;s acknowledgment that its earlier analysis was overly optimistic adds to a chorus of concern about the cost of the new systems and the haste with which they have been adopted.<br /><br /></div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Electronic-Medical-Records-Lie...and-the-GE-connection/238167226019310720.htmlLaura2013-01-11T13:58:00ZGun mfgers in the U.S. targeted by pension fundsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gun-mfgers-in-the-U.S.-targeted-by-pension-funds/289605572182628381.html2013-01-10T16:07:00Z2013-01-10T16:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The investment committee of one of California's largest pension funds has voted unanimously to begin divesting from gun manufacturers. CalSTER's holdings in gun manufacturing is relatively small--$2.9 million--but neverthless, this undoubtedly marks the beginning of an all-out assault (pun intended) on the gun industry in the U.S. Apparently lawmakers are not concerned with how jobs in this sector of our economy are affected because like jobs in the oil and gas industry, jobs in guns are considered unclean and dirty. Tell that to the thousands of families who are supported by Ruger, Remington, Colt Arms and others. <a href="http://www.americansworking.com/guns.html" target="_blank">Here is a list</a> of gun manufacturers in the country <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gun-mfgers-in-the-U.S.-targeted-by-pension-funds/289605572182628381.htmlLaura2013-01-10T16:07:00ZWriting, writing...VA Poll: Armed school guards wantedLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Writing,-writing...VA-Poll:-Armed-school-guards-wanted/152747273305122204.html2013-01-10T13:09:00Z2013-01-10T13:09:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/va-poll-armed-school-guards-wanted-85998.html?hp=r4" target="_blank">This poll</a> doesn't surprise me at all--Virginia is not unlike most other states. Parents want to know that when they drop their kids off at school or the bus in the morning, they'll be safe, not sitting ducks. The children in Newtown didn't have a chance. Whether one guard would have been enough to stop an Adam Lanza we'll never know, but it certainly would mean that he would have had to go through one line of defense. Every second counts in a crisis situation. Do you agree with the majority of Virginians? Join us on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/ingrahamangle" target="_blank">Twitter</a> for a discussion. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Writing,-writing...VA-Poll:-Armed-school-guards-wanted/152747273305122204.htmlLaura2013-01-10T13:09:00ZObama's growth industry: food stamps for kidsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-growth-industry:-food-stamps-for-kids/146647625883478517.html2013-01-09T12:44:00Z2013-01-09T12:44:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/09/new-data-show-1-in-4-children-on-food-stamps-in-fy-2011/#ixzz2HTBCN5zt" target="_blank">New data shows</a> that one in 4 children were on food stamps during the 2011 fiscal year. The numbers are staggering: 19.9 million children, or people under 18, received the benefits. No matter what the president says about how the economy has "turned a corner," no matter how many times liberals about how their policies "pulled us from the edge of the abyss," this is an abysmal failure of America and her children. How does a country with the hardest working citizenry, greatest higher education system and the most innovative business minds, tolerate a government that produces these results? The Left will invariably say that the first $870 billion stimulus was too small, that the rich need to "give more." But of course the real problem facing America is a country that is not growing jobs, where our debt to GDP ratio is spelling economic stagnation for years to come. Our Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsak notoriously claimed that food stamps were their own kind of stimulus because when people have them, the "money" goes back into the economy. By that logic, everyone in an under-paying job should quit and go on food stamps. Moronic. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-growth-industry:-food-stamps-for-kids/146647625883478517.htmlLaura2013-01-09T12:44:00ZPlanned Parenthood: One Year, 333,964 Abortions; 1 Every 94 SecsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Planned-Parenthood:--One-Year,-333,964-Abortions;-1-Every-94-Secs/584296621736445222.html2013-01-08T01:54:00Z2013-01-08T01:54:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The killing fields of Planned Parenthood were red with blood and green with money. It finally released its <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/planned-parenthoods-new-annual-report-we-did-333964-abortions-1-every-94-seconds" target="_blank">2011-2012 annual report</a>, and the news is grim. When you put aside politics and really think about this, really train your mind on the sheer gravity of this number, the brutality of the procedure done 333,934 times to nascent human lives, all those children who will never laugh and play, it is stomach-wrenching. Horrific as that is, it is also obscene that nearly half-billion in our tax dollars goes to Planned Parenthood, which wants to keep the killing factories humming. The "non-profit" organization makes big money off its big abortion business. The group has assets of $1.24 billion! So does Why does it need taxpayer money to fund its other services? Oh and even more mind-blowing--PP president Cecile Richards said, "We are so very proud of our many successes." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Planned-Parenthood:--One-Year,-333,964-Abortions;-1-Every-94-Secs/584296621736445222.htmlLaura2013-01-08T01:54:00ZObama to rally public in next fight to GOP, wants more tax hikesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-to-rally-public-in-next-fight-to-GOP,-wants-more-tax-hikes/858179627886771633.html2013-01-07T14:07:00Z2013-01-07T14:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>There are signs of life in the GOP--top Republican leaders are say an emphatic "NO!" to new taxes post-cliff deal. When the GOP ceded the income tax hike issue in the cliff deal, we knew that it would whet the Obama appetite for even more tax hikes--and we were right. The President and his merry band of revenue gobblers, are demanding that any discussion of entitlement reform must include even <em>more</em> "revenues." Fresh off his Hawaii 2.0 This is a hill that Republicans should be willing to die over, but what is sorely needed is a <em>clear</em> Republican narrative that will demonstrate that the conservative position (i.e., cutting spending, reforming the tax code) is the best path forward for American growth and renewal. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has drawn a line in the sand--a good first step. <br /><br /> <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/275791-mcconnell-punts-on-hitting-debt-ceiling" target="_blank">From The Hill:</a><br /><br />
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<div class="indent">&ldquo;The tax issue is, finished, over, completed. That&rsquo;s behind us now. The question is: what are we going to do about the biggest problem confronting us and our future,&rdquo; McConnell said. McConnell, in an interview with ABC&rsquo;s &ldquo;This Week,&rdquo; said President Obama had won all he&rsquo;s going to get on taxes in last week&rsquo;s agreement to extend the Bush-era tax rates for most taxpayers. McConnell said next round of negotiations over a deal to raise the debt-ceiling would need to include Democratic concessions on spending."</div>
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<br /> President Obama has already pledged to take his mission of "balanced" approach to a grand budget and reform bargain to the people, meaning the permanent campaign continues. As McConnell said on Sunday, "we know the president can campaign, but can he govern?" He can demonize and isolate. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-to-rally-public-in-next-fight-to-GOP,-wants-more-tax-hikes/858179627886771633.htmlLaura2013-01-07T14:07:00ZThe Base v. the "Establishment" (what does the ital'd sentence mean?)Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Base-v.-the-Establishment-what-does-the-itald-sentence-mean/758612892179911184.html2013-01-04T15:02:00Z2013-01-04T15:02:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>On House Speaker John Boehner's leadership challenges, I think the problem most conservatives are having is that there is just a complete lack of trust between the "base" and the "Establishment."&nbsp; We just sat through an entire presidential campaign in which the Establishment GOP got the candidate they wanted, spent huge amounts of money to support him, and did almost nothing to persuade anyone that conservatives had reasonable plans to deal with the economic crisis.&nbsp; Then, after the Establishment got waxed in the election, they turn to the House Republicans &ndash; who actually&nbsp;<em>won</em>&nbsp;their election &ndash; and tell them that they have to cave because we have no "leverage."&nbsp; Well, of course we don&rsquo;t!&nbsp; But one of the main reasons we don't have leverage is that all the geniuses who advised Mitt Romney wouldn't run the type of campaign that might have given us some leverage &ndash; even though we begged them to do so.&nbsp;</p>
<p>This sort of thing has been going on for a long time.&nbsp; <em>The base wants to implement efforts to educate the rest of the country about a particular issue of concern to us &ndash; immigration or taxes.&nbsp;</em> We all understand that unless there is a strong P.R. effort on our side, the media will bury us.&nbsp; So folks in the base start doing what they can to educate the public.&nbsp; Some of our efforts are awkward, and some are even counter-productive (see Sarah Palin) but at least we're trying.&nbsp; The GOP Establishment could do so much more &ndash; they have money and access to the mainstream press that we can only dream of.&nbsp; But instead of fighting for our views, they say as little as possible.&nbsp; And then, after the media and the left have clobbered us, they swoop in to tell us that we have to "give up" on this or that issue.&nbsp; And in a few years they're going to ram Jeb down our throats.&nbsp; Under these circumstances, I think a lot of us feel like we're being taken advantage of &ndash; that our "leaders" actually have no intention of ever taking the steps necessary to bring our policy goals to fruition.&nbsp; Until this trust is re-built, I think the GOP is going to look more and more dysfunctional.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Base-v.-the-Establishment-what-does-the-itald-sentence-mean/758612892179911184.htmlLaura2013-01-04T15:02:00ZMarine's scathing letter to US senator over weapons banLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Marines-scathing-letter-to-US-senator-over-weapons-ban/-779912599701496521.html2013-01-04T13:50:00Z2013-01-04T13:50:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>When it comes to gun control, California's grand dame Senator Dianne Feinstein is a woman on a mission. &nbsp;On her official website, you can see a run-down of her proposed "new and improved" ban on "assault weapons" on her website. &nbsp;If you think it will only cover the AR-15-style weapons that have become the obsession of many on the left, you are wrong. &nbsp;It is far more expansive than the 1994 weapons ban which she authored, and which lapsed in 2004. &nbsp;Many who cherish their 2nd Amendment rights are stocking up on weapons worried where this will &nbsp;all lead. &nbsp;Gun manufacturers now have backlogs on weapons that gun owners believe will soon be banned. &nbsp;One U.S. Marine, Joshua Boston had these strong words for Sen. Feinstein:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Senator Dianne Feinstein,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I will not register my weapons should this bill be passed, as I do not believe it is the government&rsquo;s right to know what I own. Nor do I think it prudent to tell you what I own so that it may be taken from me by a group of people who enjoy armed protection yet decry me having the same a crime.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">You ma&rsquo;am have overstepped a line that is not your domain. I am a Marine Corps Veteran of 8 years, and I will not have some woman who proclaims the evil of an inanimate object, yet carries one, tell me I may not have one.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I am not your subject. I am the man who keeps you free. I am not your servant. I am the person whom you serve. I am not your peasant. I am the flesh and blood of America.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I am the man who fought for my country. I am the man who learned. I am an American. You will not tell me that I must register my semi-automatic AR-15 because of the actions of some evil man.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">I will not be disarmed to suit the fear that has been established by the media and your misinformation campaign against the American public.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">We, the people, deserve better than you.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Respectfully Submitted,</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Joshua Boston</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">Cpl, United States Marine Corps</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">2004-2012</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Marines-scathing-letter-to-US-senator-over-weapons-ban/-779912599701496521.htmlLaura2013-01-04T13:50:00ZFiscal get "stiffed" dealLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fiscal-get-stiffed-deal/-670294754043220130.html2013-01-04T12:41:00Z2013-01-04T12:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The "fiscal cliff" raw deal is an embarrassment, not an achievement. The way it was passed--in the middle of the night--with most in the House never having read it, was a profile in legislative cowardice. As for the substance of the bill--if you think lower income earners get breaks, check out this analysis by the Tax Policy Foundation (<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2256972/Middle-earners-hit-hardest-revealed-workers-making-30-000-bigger-hit-earning-500-000-new-fiscal-deal.html#ixzz2H0DWHYtV" target="_blank">reported in the Daily Mail</a>): <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">Middle-class workers will take a bigger hit to their income proportionately than those earning between $200,000 and $500,000 under the new fiscal cliff deal, according to the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center. <br /><br /> Earners in the latter group will pay an average 1.3 percent more - or an additional $2,711 - in taxes this year, while workers making between $30,000 and $200,000 will see their paychecks shrink by as much as 1.7 percent - or up to $1,784 - the D.C.-based think tank reported. <br /><br /> Overall, nearly 80 percent of households will pay more money to the federal government as a result of the fiscal cliff deal.</div>
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<br /><br /> Prediction: the President will offer a "fix" for this tax disparity by offering yet another tax hike on the so-called "rich." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fiscal-get-stiffed-deal/-670294754043220130.htmlLaura2013-01-04T12:41:00ZDr. Gina's tour of Putin's child prisons (a.k.a. orphanages)Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dr.-Ginas-tour-of-Putins-child-prisons-a.k.a.-orphanages/-21942156252340660.html2013-01-03T17:45:00Z2013-01-03T17:45:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://politichicks.tv/column/dr-gina-tours-putins-russian-gulags-aka-orphanages/" target="_blank">This is a heart-wrenching story</a>--but a must-read. Overcoming obstacles, egos, corruption, bureaucracy, contrived outrage and nationalism will be necessary to break the adoption ban in Russia and Guatemala. Then we will need to work on raising awareness and breaking down barriers to adoptions in the U.S. Loving families who wish to care for and nurture needy children should not be denied--to do so is a crime against the most innocent. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dr.-Ginas-tour-of-Putins-child-prisons-a.k.a.-orphanages/-21942156252340660.htmlLaura2013-01-03T17:45:00ZGOP Rollover? Obama to 'Quickly' Go for Immigration Reform and Gun ControlLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-Rollover-Obama-to-Quickly-Go-for-Immigration-Reform-and-Gun-Control/-68825739257527990.html2013-01-03T12:36:00Z2013-01-03T12:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p class="font-e-sm">The President may be back in Hawaii hanging chilly, but his legions of activists inside and outside the White House are hard at work formulating plans for major legislation on gun control and illegal immigration. &nbsp;If you worry the GOP botched the fiscal cliff negotiations (remember they were in a terrible position regardless), then what do you think they'll do on so-called hot button issues like guns and illegal immigrants? &nbsp;When they are in the minority in the Senate and they don't have the presidency, Republicans need to learn that public relations, the perception game, is almost as important as how they vote. &nbsp;<a href="http://m.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-quickly-go-immigration-reform-and-gun-control_693547.html" target="_blank">Read the Weekly Standard's account</a>:</p>
<p class="font-e-sm" style="padding-left: 30px;">As&nbsp;<a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2012/12/new-gang-of-eight-on-immigration-84772.html#ixzz2GreIkpgl" target="_blank"><em>Politico</em>&nbsp;reported</a>&nbsp;last month, a "Gang of Eight," a conference of 8 senators from both parties, "has begun to meet to discuss immigration reform." But it is not at all clear what progress this group has made and what immigration laws it might propose.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">The&nbsp;<em>Huffington Post</em>&nbsp;quotes a Democratic aide who believes "Good news for immigration advocates may have come Tuesday night, when Boehner broke the so-called 'Hastert Rule' and allowed the fiscal cliff bill to come for a vote without support from a majority of his Republican conference. Given opposition to immigration reform by many Tea Party Republicans, the proof that Boehner is willing to bypass them on major legislation is a good sign."</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-Rollover-Obama-to-Quickly-Go-for-Immigration-Reform-and-Gun-Control/-68825739257527990.htmlLaura2013-01-03T12:36:00ZHispanic women choose smaller familiesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hispanic-women-choose-smaller-families/852738968050551801.html2013-01-02T12:24:00Z2013-01-02T12:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Stop the presses--maybe Latino voters don't have so much demographic leverage in every election going forward. Hispanic voters are reacting to the high cost of living like so many others and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/01/health/us-birthrate-dips-especially-for-hispanics.html?pagewanted=2&amp;_r=2&amp;smid=tw-share&amp;" target="_blank">having fewer children</a>. Like the so many other demographic groups, they are edging away from their religious beliefs to embrace the secular culture of contraception, abortion and longer single life. To most conservatives, Republicans voted to compromise their basic principles with the cliff vote Tuesday night. They should not continue to appear to be human Silly Putty (remember the Etch-A-Sketch?) on every issue in the first 100 days of Obama's second term, including immigration amnesty. Attracting Latino voters will be accomplished through smart pro-growth policies and savvy press strategy. To many, the GOP seems scared and on the defensive. But now is the time to be bold and go on the offensive...always with a smile of course. Figure out what you stand for, people! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hispanic-women-choose-smaller-families/852738968050551801.htmlLaura2013-01-02T12:24:00ZThe Left feels "Left Behind" in Obama Cliff Deal!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Left-feels-Left-Behind-in-Obama-Cliff-Deal!/-683021929526445076.html2013-01-01T20:13:00Z2013-01-01T20:13:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p><strong>Huffington Post headlines:</strong>&nbsp;&ldquo;SO LONG, LEVERAGE! CLIFF DEAL REACHED... White House Caves On Tax Rates... Protects Unemployment Insurance, Entitlements... Dems Fall In Line... CLIFF CRISES: The New Normal? &nbsp;DID O BLOW IT?... 'Disastrous Strategic Consequences'... Negotiating Style Is 'Worst Of All Worlds'... 'Bargained Incompetently'... Krugman: If Obama 'Says He Won't Give Ground, You Can Count On Him Giving Way.&rsquo;&rdquo;<strong>&nbsp;(Courtesy of Politico "Playbook")&nbsp;</strong></p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Left-feels-Left-Behind-in-Obama-Cliff-Deal!/-683021929526445076.htmlLaura2013-01-01T20:13:00ZObama's hollow political 'victory'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-hollow-political-victory/-180074229674133144.html2013-01-01T19:55:00Z2013-01-01T19:55:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This is how <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2013/01/senate-clears-fiscal-cliff-deal-89-8-85640.html" target="_blank">Politico</a> summed up the Senate "cliff" deal, passed when many Americans were either asleep or drunk, shortly after midnight on New Year's Day: <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">The $620 billion agreement was a major breakthrough in a partisan standoff that has dragged on for months, spooking Wall Street and threatening to hobble the economic recovery. It turned back the GOP&rsquo;s two-decade-long refusal to raise tax rates, delivering a major win for the president. But as big a deal as it was, it did little to address the nation&rsquo;s long-term deficit problem &mdash; there&rsquo;s nothing in it to pare back entitlement spending &mdash; or to defuse a potential crisis over raising the debt ceiling that could come as early as February. The legislation now moves to the House, where Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has vowed to give any accord passed by the Senate its time on the House floor.&rdquo;</div>
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<br /> So once again, the president can smugly strut because he scores a "major win," but the people get a major zero in the way of real structural reform to guide us toward debt and deficit reduction. Celebrate away, Mr. President. Take your victory lap. We expect nothing less. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-hollow-political-victory/-180074229674133144.htmlLaura2013-01-01T19:55:00ZHouse Republicans blast Senate 'cliff' billLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/House-Republicans-blast-Senate-cliff-bill/843470602159346261.html2013-01-01T19:46:00Z2013-01-01T19:46:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Democrats and their pals in the dinosaur media routinely blame House Republicans for whatever isn't working in Washington (in other words, everything). They aren't happy unless the GOP rolls over on every major initiative they propose. But the "cliff" legislation" that came out of the Senate is a farce--tax hikes immediately on the job creators but deeper spending cuts put off to be carried out at a later date. Not that the Republicans had much leverage. In November they lost the presidency, seats in Senate, and has a diminished majority in the House. So there are some Republicans who refuse to compromise their principles just for the sake of passing "something." Consider comments made on the House floor today by Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va):<br /><br />
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<div class="indent">"So we find ourselves again with a bill that reflects not financial wisdom, but the seductive spirit that pervades this town. Leaders in Washington continue to over-promise. They're likes salespeople who tell their customer they can have an $30,000 car but only pay $18,000 for it. Who doesn't like that deal?"</div>
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<br /> <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/275091-house-republicans-blast-senate-cliff-bill-on-the-floor" target="_blank">Several congressmen raised concerns</a> about the fact that so much of this so-called deliberation was done in back rooms and that the American people deserved full transparency before a bill was voted upon. Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) stressed:<br /><br />
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<div class="indent">"The House must postpone this vote until Congress and the American people have time to study and evaluate this extraordinarily complex legislation, and its impact on taxes, revenue, the economy, our debt and a myriad of other issues."</div>
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<br />Brooks lambasted the Senate for rushing revisions into the bill, just after midnight:
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<div class="indent">"The Senate boasts it is America's deliberative body. Today, that claim rings hollow," he said disdainfully.</div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/House-Republicans-blast-Senate-cliff-bill/843470602159346261.htmlLaura2013-01-01T19:46:00ZViolence, gangs scar Chicago community in '12Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Violence,-gangs-scar-Chicago-community-in-12/213798528296411519.html2012-12-31T12:38:00Z2012-12-31T12:38:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Rahm "Never let a crisis go to waste" Emanuel has a crisis on his hands but he's not learned any of the right lessons. <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/violence-gangs-scar-chicago-community-2012-174051760.html" target="_blank">Murder and mayhem</a> don't add up to "sweet home Chicago." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Violence,-gangs-scar-Chicago-community-in-12/213798528296411519.htmlLaura2012-12-31T12:38:00ZAmnesty bias alertLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amnesty-bias-alert/54217950714629974.html2012-12-29T12:24:00Z2012-12-29T12:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Writer Mickey Kaus tweeted a link to a new "immigration reform" <a href="http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2012/1228/Immigration-reform-Is-amnesty-a-possibility-now#.UN6i-QN1Ifc.twitter" target="_blank">piece in the Christian Science Monitor</a> (was unaware it was still publishing), pointing out its stunning bias against opponents of future amnesty measures. Note that the one critic of an amnesty policy is mentioned on page 5 of 5. Expect more of this blatant bias in the coming months as anyone who questions the wisdom of making 15 million illegal immigrants voting citizens will be cast as a hard-hearted, xenophobic nut. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Amnesty-bias-alert/54217950714629974.htmlLaura2012-12-29T12:24:00ZMy TPM: The "wise Latina" rejects appeal of Obamacare mandate by Christian-owned bizLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-TPM:-The-wise-Latina-rejects-appeal-of-Obamacare-mandate-by-Christian-owned-biz/981592134519532795.html2012-12-28T20:07:00Z2012-12-28T20:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Although it was not a ruling on the merits of Hobby Lobby stores' challenge to Obamacare's Emergency Contraception mandate, Justice Sotomayor tipped her hand on how she'll rule on the ultimate question of religious liberty. The "exemption" from the HHS mandate (that all employer-provided health insurance covers services like abortifacients) is so narrowly drawn that Jesus himself wouldn't qualify. Watch the entire memo <a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/2059344646001/" target="_blank">here.</a> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-TPM:-The-wise-Latina-rejects-appeal-of-Obamacare-mandate-by-Christian-owned-biz/981592134519532795.htmlLaura2012-12-28T20:07:00ZDianne, get your gun!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dianne,-get-your-gun!/-712294984697294879.html2012-12-27T16:44:00Z2012-12-27T16:44:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Here are the <a href="http://www.feinstein.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/assault-weapons" target="_blank">bullet points</a> (sorry) on aggressive new gun control legislation Sen. Dianne Feinstein will introduce in early January, in the wake of the horrific Newtown mass shooting. Living up to the Rahm Emanuel maxim "never let a crisis go to waste," California's senior senator takes her the now-expired '94 assault weapons ban and super-charges it to cover more guns and more law-abiding Americans. Of course the ATF would also get more funding under this bill. (And we know what a good job that agency's done tracking guns in the past.) <br /><br /> A <a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/gun-statistics-cast-doubt-on-weapons-ban" target="_blank">Washington Examiner</a> column about Feinstein's own gun past is well worth a read. "In 1995 Feinstein <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/12/19/Flashback-Dianne-Feinstein-s-own-conceal-carry-permit-story" target="_blank">admitted in a hearing</a> before Congress that she applied for and got a license to carry a concealed gun when she and her family were threatened by terrorists. Feinstein stated to the Senate panel,<br /><br />
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<div class="indent">Because less than 20 years ago I was the target of a terrorist group. It was the New World Liberation Front. They blew up power stations and put a bomb at my home when my husband was dying of cancer. And the bomb didn't detonate. ... I was very lucky. But, I thought of what might have happened. Later the same group shot out all the windows of my home. And, I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself, because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I'd walk to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon. I made the determination that if somebody was going to try to take me out, I was going to take them with me."</div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dianne,-get-your-gun!/-712294984697294879.htmlLaura2012-12-27T16:44:00ZVideo: My Talking Pts. Memo--"Getting back to work"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Video:-My-Talking-Pts.-Memo--Getting-back-to-work/-760308477490503632.html2012-12-27T12:57:00Z2012-12-27T12:57:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/2057739478001/" target="_blank">Click to watch</a> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Video:-My-Talking-Pts.-Memo--Getting-back-to-work/-760308477490503632.htmlLaura2012-12-27T12:57:00ZWhere's Hillary?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Wheres-Hillary/488628550342967590.html2012-12-27T12:30:00Z2012-12-27T12:30:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>We wish her the best of health and happiness in the new year and look forward to her testifying on the Benghazi attack. Many of you had reactions ranging from skepticism to outrage when her senior staff announced a few weeks back that Mrs. Clinton had suffered from a concussion after a bout with the stomach flu. (Heck, I called it the "immaculate concussion.") Now I will just say: Please get better, Secretary Clinton. We anxiously await your Congressional testimony so we can better understand what happened surrounding deaths of four brave Americans in Benghazi. <a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/2057762704001/" target="_blank">Watch my interview</a> of a Hillary supporter on The O'Reilly Factor. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Wheres-Hillary/488628550342967590.htmlLaura2012-12-27T12:30:00ZPope: "We Are So 'Full' of Ourselves There is No Room Left for God"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pope:-We-Are-So-Full-of-Ourselves-There-is-No-Room-Left-for-God/-949248148221216550.html2012-12-26T16:03:00Z2012-12-26T16:03:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Whatever your religious leanings, the <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/pope-we-are-so-full-ourselves-there-no-room-left-god" target="_blank">Pope's Christmas homily</a> should resonate. Narcissism and self-indulgence are in abundance in our society, which ultimately leaves little space for loving God, our neighbors, helping others. Have we become too self-focused? Is there any turning back? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pope:-We-Are-So-Full-of-Ourselves-There-is-No-Room-Left-for-God/-949248148221216550.htmlLaura2012-12-26T16:03:00ZNYT campaign against Tea Party continuesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NYT-campaign-against-Tea-Party-continues/219658076686142047.html2012-12-26T15:28:00Z2012-12-26T15:28:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>"Whither the Tea Party?" How many times can the New York Times write <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/26/us/politics/tea-party-its-clout-diminished-turns-to-fringe-issues.html?partner=MYWAY&amp;ei=5065&amp;_r=1&amp;" target="_blank">this same story</a>? You should understand that for media elites the "Tea Party" is just a substitute for all of conservatism, a philosophy which they've been trying to wish away since Reagan. Mitt Romney was hardly a tea party favorite, but you'd never know it by the endless stories about the waning influence of the tea party. Some lame senatorial candidates were supported by tea party groups--Todd Akin comes to mind--but how does that explain the loss of someone like Scott Brown? The GOP has problems, but those who believe in limited government and our Founding principles, are part of the solution. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NYT-campaign-against-Tea-Party-continues/219658076686142047.htmlLaura2012-12-26T15:28:00ZLet's swear off lavish second InauguralsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lets-swear-off-lavish-second-Inaugurals/9641994540776053.html2012-12-26T14:53:00Z2012-12-26T14:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>No matter whether a President is a Democrat or Republican, can we all agree that second-term inaugural blow-outs are excessive--a total waste of time and money? We're told <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obamas-2nd-inauguration-draw-smaller-crowds-084208167.html" target="_blank">there isn't the same interest level</a> for Obama's second inaugural festivities. Hotels aren't booked up in Washington. Even the most ardent supporters of the Obama agenda understand the uncertainty about the future. Yes, corporate donors often kick in big bucks to cover costs of the balls and other events. But that also poses problems--what do they expect to get for their money? Our "dedicated public servants" have work to do--there is no time for them to toast their own "awesomeness." If presidents do their jobs, historians will duly note their success. A dignified ceremony, swearing the oath of office, is all that is required. (Plus, didn't the Pres. Obama say we all needed to sacrifice?) <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lets-swear-off-lavish-second-Inaugurals/9641994540776053.htmlLaura2012-12-26T14:53:00ZThe annual reindeer migration--AMAZING PhotosLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-annual-reindeer-migration--AMAZING-Photos/674057376036160250.html2012-12-23T17:18:00Z2012-12-23T17:18:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Sebastian Salgado takes some of <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/the-nenets-of-siberia-ensure-the-annual-reindeer-migration/2012/12/22/b3105cbe-4b92-11e2-b709-667035ff9029_gallery.html?hpid=z1#photo=1" target="_blank">the most beautiful photos</a> of the Siberian reindeer migration. I scrolled through every photo...breathtaking. You can almost feel the bone-chilling cold in the black and white pictorial of the Nenet people, sled dogs...and reindeer. Share with your children this Christmas! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-annual-reindeer-migration--AMAZING-Photos/674057376036160250.htmlLaura2012-12-23T17:18:00ZObama sings in one key--"Me, Me, Me"...even when eulogizing!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-sings-in-one-key--Me,-Me,-Me...even-when-eulogizing!/-108365397546403272.html2012-12-22T14:31:00Z2012-12-22T14:31:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Never thought I would be citing Slate to close out the year, and they're about three years late to the "Obama the Narcissist" story, but <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2012/12/barack_obama_s_eulogy_to_daniel_inouye_told_us_more_about_the_president.html" target="_blank">this is worth a read</a>: <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">Someone needs to tell Barack Obama&mdash;it must get particularly confusing this time of year&mdash;that his own birth is not Year One, the date around which all other events are understood. His much-noted, self-referential tic was on cringe-worthy display Friday when the president gave his eulogy for the late Sen. Daniel Inouye, who served in Congress for half a century representing Obama&rsquo;s birth state of Hawaii. <br /><br /> Inouye was a Japanese-American war hero (he lost an arm in World War II, destroying his dream of becoming a surgeon), and as a senator he served on the Watergate committee, helped rewrite our intelligence charter after scandals, and was chairman of the Senate committee that investigated the Iran-Contra affair. It&rsquo;s the kind of material any eulogist could use to give a moving sense of the man and his accomplishment. But President Barack Obama&rsquo;s remarks at Inouye&rsquo;s funeral service were a bizarre twirl around his own personal Kodak carousel.</div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-sings-in-one-key--Me,-Me,-Me...even-when-eulogizing!/-108365397546403272.htmlLaura2012-12-22T14:31:00ZOur Sociopaths, OurselvesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Our-Sociopaths,-Ourselves/-115454286865592359.html2012-12-20T14:22:00Z2012-12-20T14:22:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Should more be done to treat mental illness in the U.S.? Although with the debate raging about gun control in the aftermath of the Connecticut massacre, is a conversation about mental health in America. Not everyone who suffers from a mental disorder is a sociopath, so how do we ensure that we don't miss the telltale signs? Read this <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/336097/our-sociopaths-ourselves-christina-hoff-sommers" target="_blank">thought-provoking piece</a> by renowned scholar Christina Sommers, just published in NRO. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Our-Sociopaths,-Ourselves/-115454286865592359.htmlLaura2012-12-20T14:22:00ZALERT! Obamacare could drive Little Sisters of the Poor out of the USLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/ALERT!-Obamacare-could-drive-Little-Sisters-of-the-Poor-out-of-the-US/-308702206671099596.html2012-12-19T17:27:00Z2012-12-19T17:27:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>As you know, I have been a long-time supporter of the charitable organization Little Sisters of the Poor, an order of nuns that works with our nation's poorest, especially impoverished senior citizens without family or proper means of support. Laura Ingraham Show listeners have donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Sisters saintly work over the years, and I am an avid believer of their charitable commitment. Now because of Obamacare regulations and the contraception/sterilization mandate, the Little Sisters may be out of business in the U.S.<br /><br /> Read the account in <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/19/obamacare-could-drive-little-sisters-of-the-poor-out-of-the-us/#ixzz2FWFi4goN" target="_blank">The Daily Caller</a>:<br /><br />
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<div class="indent">The Little Sisters of the Poor told The Daily Caller that it may not qualify for a long-term exemption from Obamacare&rsquo;s healthcare mandate. The law requires the order to provide government-approved health insurance to its 300 sisters who tend to the elderly in 30 U.S. cities. The exception is needed, said Sister Constance Carolyn Veit, the Little Sisters&rsquo; communications director, because Catholic teaching opposes contraception and medical treatments that cause sterility or can cause abortions. President Barack Obama&rsquo;s health-care overhaul law requires employers to include those services in qualifying health care plans they provide for their employees. Failure to comply will bring hefty fines &mdash; even for religious orders whose members have taken vows of poverty.</div>
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<br /><br /> Please urge the Health &amp; Human Services Dept to allow the Sisters to have the religious exemption to the Obamacare mandate, lest they go the way of Catholic adoptions in Massachusetts (now shut down). Call Kathleen Sebelius: (202) 690-7000, or email her: <a href="mailto:Kathleen.Sebelius@hhs.gov">Kathleen.Sebelius@hhs.gov</a> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/ALERT!-Obamacare-could-drive-Little-Sisters-of-the-Poor-out-of-the-US/-308702206671099596.htmlLaura2012-12-19T17:27:00ZNYT's cold shoulder to black Republican Sen. Tim ScottLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NYTs-cold-shoulder-to-black-Republican-Sen.-Tim-Scott/-728558372134693988.html2012-12-19T12:27:00Z2012-12-19T12:27:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The headline in today's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/opinion/the-puzzle-of-black-republicans.html?_r=0" target="_blank">New York Times op-ed</a> by Adolph Reed is "The puzzle of black Republicans." For Reed, like so many liberals, men like Tim Scott, an African-American raised by a single mom, now the first black senator from South Carolina, are sell-outs because they don't have a "D" after their names. Scott doesn't "count" as authentically black because, after all, he does not buy into their worldview of racial victimization and retribution. Col. Allen West, Clarence Thomas, Tom Sowell, Walter Williams are reviled by the Left more than the garden variety conservatives because of their skin color. So while Barack Obama is heralded for being "the first," Scott is merely a GOP token. Read Reed's dripping condescension: <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">[T]his &ldquo;first black&rdquo; rhetoric tends to interpret African-American political successes &mdash; including that of President Obama &mdash; as part of a morality play that dramatizes &ldquo;how far we have come.&rdquo; It obscures the fact that modern black Republicans have been more tokens than signs of progress. <br /><br /> The cheerleading over racial symbolism plays to the Republicans&rsquo; desperate need to woo (or at least appear to woo) minority voters, who favored Mr. Obama over Mitt Romney by huge margins. Mrs. Haley &mdash; a daughter of Sikh immigrants from Punjab, India &mdash; is the first female and first nonwhite governor of South Carolina, the home to white supremacists like John C. Calhoun, Preston S. Brooks, Ben Tillman and Strom Thurmond.</div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NYTs-cold-shoulder-to-black-Republican-Sen.-Tim-Scott/-728558372134693988.htmlLaura2012-12-19T12:27:00ZThanks, but hold the Rice!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Thanks,-but-hold-the-Rice!/118634896697830427.html2012-12-14T12:32:00Z2012-12-14T12:32:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>As your humble host predicted over a month ago, <a href="http://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2012/12/13/just-for-the-record-the-left-took-out-susan-rice-n1466771" target="_blank">Susan Rice will not be Secretary of State</a>. Perhaps she'll slide in as National Security Advisor (no Senate confirmation), but I never thought the president was going to nominate her. It was far too risky after the Benghazi tragedy and White House spin. (We're still waiting for the results of the Administration's "investigation"!) The only interesting question about Susan Rice is whether Pres. Obama ever intended to nominate her in the first place. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Thanks,-but-hold-the-Rice!/118634896697830427.htmlLaura2012-12-14T12:32:00ZImmigration sob story alert! Few health care options for illegalsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-sob-story-alert!-Few-health-care-options-for-illegals/-879969102023393306.html2012-12-14T12:28:00Z2012-12-14T12:28:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Over-reaching in the aftermath of a political win is nothing new. Both parties are guilty of it. But the Democrats are in a class of their own in misreading Americans' priorities during a rough economy. Heady from Obama's reelection victory, Democrats and liberal activists feel like they have the wind at their backs--and they are going for the max on all policy fronts. So not only are the still unpopular Obamacare rules, regs and taxes kicking in, Dems now want to expand the pool of coverage to illegal immigrants. (Read: future Democrat voters) <br /><br /> Expect to see more the media spit out more of what we jokingly refer to as "<a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20121214/DA35ENQO0.html" target="_blank">immigration sob stories</a>." The class valedictorian/"undocumented immigrant" threatened with deportation because of a little drug charge...the sweet housekeeper from Honduras who needs heart surgery... Despite our massive spending and debt problems, Dems think we should expand government, which they in turn hope will guarantee more wins at the ballot box. (i.e., people love free stuff.) <br /><br /> Just because voters weren't wild about Romney doesn't mean they want to see every liberal fantasy play out in policy form. Remember, the GOP came roaring back in 2010 in large part because of the earlier Obama over-reaches in health care "reform" and stimulus spending. The same could very well happen in 2014. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Immigration-sob-story-alert!-Few-health-care-options-for-illegals/-879969102023393306.htmlLaura2012-12-14T12:28:00ZIngraham & Courtside Partner in Radio, Expand Digital FootprintLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ingraham--Courtside-Partner-in-Radio,-Expand-Digital-Footprint/916277255845478127.html2012-12-13T15:19:00Z2012-12-13T15:19:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Though I am disappointed my xylophone and modern dance ambitions haven't (yet) resulted in full-time employment, I am thrilled to <a href="http://images.LauraIngraham.com/images/pdf/Ingraham-Courtside.pdf" target="_blank">announce my return</a> to talk radio in conjunction with Courtside LLC and Launchpad Media. We'll be back on air January 2. Meanwhile, tell us now what you most loved about our old show, and what you'd like to hear more of in the new one. "Mother (Marian) Robinson" call-ins? Cultural take-downs? (Who saw Kanye West's "performance" at the 12/12/12 concert?) My cross-examining pols in both parties? (Still waiting for that Pelosi one-on-one!) If you're as burned out on the same old dead-end political arguments, you'll love what we have planned. Keep checking the <a href="http://lauraingraham.com" target="_blank">website</a> and my <a href="https://twitter.com/ingrahamangle" target="_blank">twitter feed</a> for updates. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ingraham--Courtside-Partner-in-Radio,-Expand-Digital-Footprint/916277255845478127.htmlLaura2012-12-13T15:19:00ZHurricane Sandy concert raises big bucks--despite Kanye (Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hurricane-Sandy-concert-raises-big-bucks--despite-Kanye-/-330459078352405286.html2012-12-13T15:03:00Z2012-12-13T15:03:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Were you glued to your TV on 12/12/12 to watch the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2247298/12-12-12-Sandy-concert-line-Alicia-Keys-Bruce-Springsteen-Bon-Jovi-Kanye-West-rock-out.html" target="_blank">Hurricane Sandy relief concert</a>?&nbsp; It was a wonderful outpouring of love (and money) for those hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy.&nbsp; Billy Joel was amazing--the highlight for me at least.&nbsp; But what on EARTH was Kanye West doing on stage?&nbsp; He sounded like Linda Blair during her exorcism.&nbsp; Play it in Gitmo, Baby!&nbsp; If you watched, <a href="https://twitter.com/ingrahamangle" target="_blank">send along</a> what <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">you thought</a> were the high and low points.&nbsp; Daltry?&nbsp; Clapton?&nbsp; The Stones? Eddie Vedder?&nbsp; Brian Williams' awkward "emceeing" of the celebrity phone banks?&nbsp; The Romneys bopping to the beat in the front row?&nbsp; (I had you for a minute.)&nbsp; <br /> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hurricane-Sandy-concert-raises-big-bucks--despite-Kanye-/-330459078352405286.htmlLaura2012-12-13T15:03:00ZHappy Birthday on 12/12/12 to James Ingraham IIILaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Happy-Birthday-on-12/12/12-to-James-Ingraham-III/748115568556360375.html2012-12-12T12:31:00Z2012-12-12T12:31:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Happy Birthday to my father who is 87 years young today. He served his country proudly in World War II in the U.S. Navy, leaving home at the age of 17 to enlist. From Hawaii to Japan and waters and places in between, he saw and experienced things about which still not comfortable speaking. This is the way the Greatest Generation dealt with life's challenges--they didn't dwell on them, they slogged through them. In the year of my dad's birth, Calvin Coolidge was president, Chrysler Corporation was founded, F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was published, and Scotch Tape was invented. The Great Depression was four years away. A different world. Everyone with parents still alive--I hope whatever problems you have or had as a family, try to come together this Christmas. Love each other. Forgive each other. Help each other. Accept each other--flaws and all. Give this gift to yourself and your family during this season of hope. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Happy-Birthday-on-12/12/12-to-James-Ingraham-III/748115568556360375.htmlLaura2012-12-12T12:31:00ZThe New Normal: Today's much harder climb out of povertyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-New-Normal:-Todays-much-harder-climb-out-of-poverty/-567540825596189999.html2012-12-10T16:05:00Z2012-12-10T16:05:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>It seems every day we are reminded of how the country we love is changing--and not necessarily for the better. The American middle class is challenged like never before as Washington bickers. Families are forced to live on less, as job opportunities wane and prices for everything from food to healthcare skyrocket. How can we hope to provide a better life for our children when at every turn it seems like the "new normal" is telling us to expect less--slow growth, part-time work, fewer benefits. My mom waited tables to help give her children opportunities that she didn't have. This was at the core of the American experience, yet for too many of our fellow citizens this seems unattainable, a distant hope. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-new-castle-pa-trying-to-break-free-of-poverty/2012/12/08/f41f20ec-3985-11e2-8a97-363b0f9a0ab3_story.html?hpid=z1" target="_blank">This Washington Post article</a> examines life in the old Rust Belt and how hard it is today for the poor to break free of their circumstances. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-New-Normal:-Todays-much-harder-climb-out-of-poverty/-567540825596189999.htmlLaura2012-12-10T16:05:00ZHere come the Obamacare taxes!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Here-come-the-Obamacare-taxes!/-207656379015422540.html2012-12-09T12:58:00Z2012-12-09T12:58:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>If you haven't gotten sick already this flu and cold season, you may start feeling queasy when you realize how Washington's tentacles are squeezing the American taxpayer at every turn. As more people go on the federal dole with food stamps, Section 8 housing, Medicaid, and with Obamacare expanding healthcare coverage to millions of uninsured, someone's got to pay for it. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/12/08/deal-or-no-deal-obamacare-taxes-poised-to-hit-next-month/" target="_blank">Fox News</a> reminds us of the three big Obamacare taxes that will begin in a few weeks:<br /><br />
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<div class="indent">"Starting Jan. 1, investment income for individuals earning over $200,000 and households earning over $250,000 will be subject to a new 3.8 percent tax. Further, regular income above those thresholds will be hit with a .9 percent Medicare surtax. Should the Bush tax rates expire for those workers, those increases will be compounded. <br /><br /> But the rather obscure medical device tax is the one that has stirred the most controversy in Washington and the business community. This week, groups and lawmakers renewed their calls to repeal it as the IRS published its final rules. <br /><br /> This week, the Internal Revenue Service outlined which medical supplies and technologies will be subject to a tax. Now, everything from latex gloves to pacemakers will become more expensive and in some cases, more scarce,&rdquo; Rep. Tom Price, R-Ga., said in a statement. &ldquo;The tax on medical devices harms America&rsquo;s ability to conduct the necessary research and development to maintain our global competitiveness, resulting in the loss of tens of thousands of jobs and fewer groundbreaking innovations in this field. With millions of Americans unemployed, this simply makes no sense.&rdquo;</div>
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<br /><br /> Happy New Tax-Me-to-Death Year! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Here-come-the-Obamacare-taxes!/-207656379015422540.htmlLaura2012-12-09T12:58:00Z(Video) Ingraham: turning the GOP's leverage deficit into a surplusLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Video-Ingraham:-turning-the-GOPs-leverage-deficit-into-a-surplus/238976489550910450.html2012-12-08T15:43:00Z2012-12-08T15:43:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/laura-ingraham-gop-will-be-adrift-until-they-figure-out-what-they-stand-for/" target="_blank">Check out</a> my talking points memo from the O'Reilly Factor. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Video-Ingraham:-turning-the-GOPs-leverage-deficit-into-a-surplus/238976489550910450.htmlLaura2012-12-08T15:43:00Z'Fair share' of marlarkey in White House tax pushLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fair-share-of-marlarkey-in-White-House-tax-push/-262114030955524536.html2012-12-06T16:51:00Z2012-12-06T16:51:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The president has pressed his case for higher taxes by arguing that the rich should pay their "fair share." But what is fair? Was it "fair" that Mr. Obama's own Treasury Secretary failed to pay his own Social Security and Medicare taxes between 2001-2004, even when he was advised by his employer (the IMF) to do so? And let's not forget that Al Sharpton, despite having his own checkered past on tax issues, was invited to the White House this week as the president launched a PR campaign to force the GOP to cave on tax hikes. <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/taxes_are_for_the_little_people_cLuVKa0gfnxIVaKJvHRFmI" target="_blank">The New York Post</a> reminds us, the good reverend had his own (not insignificant) problems paying his "fair share" of taxes: <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">"Do you think Al Sharpton appreciates the irony of his being invited to the White House Tuesday to talk taxes with President Obama? That is, to talk about Obama&rsquo;s plan to ram through steep tax hikes on the &ldquo;rich&rdquo; to resolve the fiscal-cliff crisis? Sharpton&rsquo;s all about taxes &mdash; for others. For himself, well, maybe not so much. <br /><br /> As The Post&rsquo;s Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein reported last year, Sharpton &ldquo;owe[d] the IRS $2.6 million in income tax, and nearly $900,000 in state tax.&rdquo; And his personal pride and joy National Action Network owed more than $880,000 in unpaid federal payroll taxes, interest and penalties, Vincent and Klein found. <br /><br /> Which makes Obama&rsquo;s decision to invite Sharpton (and several other MSNBC hosts) baffling. Why ask a man with a terminal case of tax allergies to make the case for higher rates for everybody else? The Rev&rsquo;s issues go back decades: In 1993, for example, he pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor tax crime to avoid two felony charges. In the years since, the IRS has issued a dozen liens against Sharpton&rsquo;s groups, including one against him for $538,652 in 2010."</div>
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<br /><br /> All's "fair" in love and Obama-style politics. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fair-share-of-marlarkey-in-White-House-tax-push/-262114030955524536.htmlLaura2012-12-06T16:51:00ZVideo: Ingraham on our 'Vogue' Ambassador and...?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Video:-Ingraham-on-our-Vogue-Ambassador-and.../945531444914014382.html2012-12-05T13:02:00Z2012-12-05T13:02:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Fox News was buzzing Tuesday night with Senators, media types, and foreign policy experts. It's always fun to chat with <a href="https://twitter.com/gretawire" target="_blank">@gretawire</a> about politics and the culture--and it's easier to appear at 10p "<a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/2011960286001/" target="_blank">On the Record</a>" when I don't have to bounce up at 5:30a for radio. So do you find President Obama's potential pick for U.S. Ambassador to Britain or France credible? Anna Wintour, the longtime Vogue editor, has the nickname "nuclear wintour." So why not represent us in China or Russia? And yes, Greta pressed me about my return to radio. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Video:-Ingraham-on-our-Vogue-Ambassador-and.../945531444914014382.htmlLaura2012-12-05T13:02:00ZFor those who miss hearing me...(Video)Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/For-those-who-miss-hearing-me...Video/-492561457168871501.html2012-12-04T16:28:00Z2012-12-04T16:28:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Thanks to all of you for the lovely (and slightly impatient) emails and tweets urging my swift return to radio. We will have good news for you very soon. Until then, here's <a href="http://frontpagemag.com/2012/frontpagemag-com/courage-and-conviction-award-winner-laura-ingraham-at-restoration-weekend/" target="_blank">something</a> to keep you going. A few weeks ago, I received the "Courage and Conviction Award" Award at a conservative gathering I helped start 17 years ago. I hope you enjoy the speech I gave. I welcome your comments on the theme of looking beyond politics via <a href="/help?loadForm=3#contactform" target="_blank">email</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/ingrahamangle" target="_blank">Twitter</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/For-those-who-miss-hearing-me...Video/-492561457168871501.htmlLaura2012-12-04T16:28:00ZGOP should call Obama's bluffLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-should-call-Obamas-bluff/661234620362897041.html2012-12-03T15:18:00Z2012-12-03T15:18:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The idea that Republicans would outmaneuver the President in "fiscal cliff" negotiations (held behind closed doors) was fanciful from the outset. The president uses the White House as backdrop or hops Air Force One to making his phony pitch for "a balanced approach" to fiscal reform. Every choreographed move he makes is then lapped up by a press corps ever eager to please and assist him in making his case for tax hikes on the "rich" for him. Last week the president felt emboldened enough by the election results and the GOP's willingness to break old promises that he sent his elf Tim Geithner to the Hill to press for more tax revenues. Speaker of the House John Boehner responded saying he was "flabbergasted." When you give in to tax &amp; spend terrorists, they will only up their demands, which is exactly what happened here. Grover Norquist, the most hated man in America, is exactly right in saying that the public needs to see the truth in this grand bargaining. "Republicans should demand that whatever agreement the two parties reach should be posted online for at least a week before Congress votes on it," he told the <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/2/republicans-urged-to-call-democrats-bluff/#ixzz2E09DnV2D" target="_blank"> Washington Times</a>. <br /><br /> The country will only be put on a long-term path to fiscal solvency if real spending cuts and entitlement reform at the outset of 2013. Tax simplification and the elimination of loopholes will bring in revenue without raising rates on the very people we need to create jobs. Republicans will only have leverage in these discussions if they hold out and are willing to take the short-term PR hit of "allowing" us to go over the "cliff." GOP leverage is lost the second the GOP gives in to Obama's economic hostage threat of dangling America over the cliff. Sometimes you find your wings only after you jump. <br /><br /> By the way, now does everybody see why some of us were urging Mitt Romney to make the "fiscal cliff" a cornerstone of his campaign? I still dream of Romney looking at Obama during the second debate and asking, "Sir, our country will see a needless mad dash to avert a crisis after the election because you failed to do your job before the election. I will never put my own political interests ahead of what's best for American families. Election or no election, I would have already worked with Democrats and Republicans to fashion a commonsense way save us from being run over by the Debt and Deficit Express that's coming down the tracks." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GOP-should-call-Obamas-bluff/661234620362897041.htmlLaura2012-12-03T15:18:00ZGun-shy: Politicizing footballLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gun-shy:-Politicizing-football/-87839332889108972.html2012-12-03T13:24:00Z2012-12-03T13:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>One of the last politics-free zones in America was intruded upon yesterday--and why should anyone be surprised that NBC was the culprit? After the horrific tragedy of Kansas City Chief's linebacker Jovan Belcher's murder-suicide, NBC sports analyst Bob Costas felt justified in launching into a cliche-ridden <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/12/02/nbc-uses-nfl-murder-suicide-tragedy-to-make-plea-for-gun-ban-video/#ixzz2DygzOsIq" target="_blank">anti-gun commentary</a>. He quoted liberal columnist Jason Whitlock, who wrote "our current gun culture ensures that more and more domestic disputes will end in the ultimate tragedy....and leave teenage boys bloodied and dead." He further quoted Whitlock's lament that guns are most responsible for our crime and violence because they are forever "tempting us into escalating our arguments." (Guns now possess intent, and their own free will.) The most absurd note of all was Whitlock's speculation, repeated by Costas, that "If Jovan Belcher didn't possess a gun, he and his Kassandra Perkins would both be alive today." Apparently Costas and Whitlock believe that Belcher was not strong enough to choke her or stab her to carry out his evil deed. Blaming the "gun culture" is a convenient refuge. Belcher obviously had severe problems, and I will not engage in rank, uninformed speculation regarding why he snapped. There is already chatter about drug or alcohol use. Gun control advocates never miss an opportunity to use a family tragedy to further their political aim of curtailing our 2nd amendment rights. "Something like this puts it all in perspective," Costas intoned, looking into the camera. Our perspective is our own, Bob, and is frankly none of your business. Sports bring Americans together of all political stripes. Costas and NBC managed to offend and annoy millions of law-abiding gun-owners in the U.S. last night. I'm not saying we should sack the anchor (or rush the gas-bag), but boy, the image is entertaining. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gun-shy:-Politicizing-football/-87839332889108972.htmlLaura2012-12-03T13:24:00ZGingrich to Republicans: don't form a "surrender caucus"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gingrich-to-Republicans:-dont-form-a-surrender-caucus/692879728821397477.html2012-11-30T12:31:00Z2012-11-30T12:31:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>During a speech at the Reagan Library, Newt Gingrich urged Republican leaders to stop negotiating with President Obama on the so-called "fiscal cliff." The president, with the news media cheering him on, will always have the upper-hand if the bargaining is done under Obama's rules. "[If] you start setting up the definition of success finding an agreement with Obama," Gingrich insisted, "you just gave Obama the ability to say to you, &lsquo;Not good enough.'" <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/11/29/gingrich-house-republicans-should-stop-negotiating-with-president-obama/" target="_blank">The former Speaker urged</a> Republicans to "get a grip" and not to form a "surrender caucus." Gingrich is right. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gingrich-to-Republicans:-dont-form-a-surrender-caucus/692879728821397477.htmlLaura2012-11-30T12:31:00Z30 reasons why susan rice shouldn't be secretary of stateLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/30-reasons-why-susan-rice-shouldnt-be-secretary-of-state/148329841033927054.html2012-11-30T12:28:00Z2012-11-30T12:28:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Senate Republicans who are worried about blowback if they oppose Susan Rice for Secretary of State should read this <a href="http://richardgrenell.com/2012/11/30-reasons-why-susan-rice-shouldnt-be-secretary-of-state/" target="_blank">terrific piece</a> by Rick Grenell. Tennessee's Bob Corker was right--she'd be better as DNC Chair. (All along I thought Pres. Obama would name her National Security Adviser, which doesn't require Senate confirmation.). Rice was selected to tell the tale tale about Benghazi for the most cynical reason--the President's team (Valerie Jarrett?) thought a bunch of old white guys in the Senate would not have the backbone to question her. As Grenell points out, Benghazi is only one of many reasons why Rice shouldn't be installed at Foggy Bottom. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/30-reasons-why-susan-rice-shouldnt-be-secretary-of-state/148329841033927054.htmlLaura2012-11-30T12:28:00ZMcConnell laughed as Geithner outlined Obama's planLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/McConnell-laughed-as-Geithner-outlined-Obamas-plan/870358235361331440.html2012-11-30T00:38:00Z2012-11-30T00:38:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This is the best news I've heard yet. The GOP should stand firm on tax rates or they stand for nothing, ensure their own demise. Read this <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/mcconnell-burst-laughter-geithner-outlined-obamas-plan_664210.html?utm_source=@SenateNews" target="_blank">Fred Barnes report</a> on Thursday's big meeting on Capitol Hill between the Treasury Secretary and Republican Leadership. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/McConnell-laughed-as-Geithner-outlined-Obamas-plan/870358235361331440.htmlLaura2012-11-30T00:38:00ZA MESSAGE TO MY LISTENERSLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-MESSAGE-TO-MY-LISTENERS/856504594498222202.html2012-11-27T17:27:00Z2012-11-27T17:27:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>After more than 9 years with the distributor Talk Radio Network, I decided it was time to move on. After much thought and reflection, I have decided to pursue my first loves--modern dance and the xylophone. In the highly unlikely event that these efforts do not prove fruitful, I intend to return to radio. <br /><br /> Seriously--to the more than 300 stations that carry the Laura Ingraham Show and to all my loyal listeners, I feel the time is right to expand and retool my radio program and to explore other syndication options, which I am now actively pursuing. During this brief hiatus, my team and I will continue to deliver thought-provoking and entertaining analysis via my website <a href="http://www.lauraingraham.com" target="_blank">lauraingraham.com</a> and twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/ingrahamangle" target="_blank">@IngrahamAngle</a>. And of course, I'll be doing my regular appearances on Fox News. I anticipate making an announcement concerning the show in the near future. Stay tuned! <br /><br /> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-MESSAGE-TO-MY-LISTENERS/856504594498222202.htmlLaura2012-11-27T17:27:00ZA treasure hunt for the truth: Let the people see the 'cliff' talksLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-treasure-hunt-for-the-truth:-Let-the-people-see-the-cliff-talks/211537359183790675.html2012-11-27T13:39:00Z2012-11-27T13:39:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The truth is hard to come by in politics--especially Washington politics. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323353204578127374039087636.html" target="_blank">The WSJ</a> tells the horrifying truth today about the real debt hanging over our heads in America. Sixteen trillion is a drop in the bucket. Leading the obfuscation with masterful precision is Barrack Obama. After more than a year of doing next to nothing to avert our ongoing economic crisis, he is grandstanding on fiscal cliff negotiations. With the election over, he and his team are warning that the sky will fall if we don't raise taxes on the "rich." The holiday season will be cancelled! People will stop shopping! Forget the Grinch. The new Christmas special will be: "The Republicans Who Stole Christmas"! They're even stealing the last can of "Who Hash." The president and his team are so predictable. They did the same before they jammed through Obamacare--"pass this or the recovery will get dragged down and your premiums will skyrocket!" And remember the rhetoric before the "stimulus"? "Vote for the stimulus or we'll slip back into a drepression!" Conservatives should reject this overheated hype--call it out for what it is. Negotiations should be done maturely, deliberately and not conducted behind closed doors. Let the sunshine in so the people can see for themselves what these pols stand for, who the real leaders are. The challenges facing America are too serious for another bum's rush by President Obama and the fools on the Hill. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-treasure-hunt-for-the-truth:-Let-the-people-see-the-cliff-talks/211537359183790675.htmlLaura2012-11-27T13:39:00ZDiscovered--finally--the Beatles' rejected audition tapeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Discovered--finally--the-Beatles-rejected-audition-tape/-794494971478067485.html2012-11-24T14:09:00Z2012-11-24T14:09:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>A top British music producer at Decca records told them "guitar groups" were over in 1962, and they went home without a record contract. Of course, The Beatles had the last laugh when they went on to become the most successful band in the world. Now the most <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/9695499/Rejected-Beatles-audition-tape-discovered.html#sections" target="_blank">famous audition tape</a> of all time has finally been found. To think Beatles producer Brian Epstein had given up because an "expert" told him to give up. We could have been deprived of "Yesterday," "Something in the Way She Moves," "Hey Jude," and ______. (<a href="https://twitter.com/ingrahamangle" target="_blank">Tweet</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">FBook</a> the Beatles' song you love best.). The 10-track recording, which will be auctioned, is said to be pristine. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Discovered--finally--the-Beatles-rejected-audition-tape/-794494971478067485.htmlLaura2012-11-24T14:09:00ZBarack Obama again blunders on the world stageLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Barack-Obama-again-blunders-on-the-world-stage/-667118365525620460.html2012-11-20T12:56:00Z2012-11-20T12:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>"We'll extend a hand if you'll unclench your fist...." was President Obama's famous first inaugural pitch to our adversaries. Such a kumbaya-type statement sounds nice in a speech but in reality foreign policy and diplomacy is a lot more complicated, requiring real study and focus. The president's repeated <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100190254/barack-obama-blunders-again-on-the-world-stage/" target="_blank">verbal missteps</a> during his Asia trip demonstrates once again that the razzle dazzle only goes so far. Money don't buy you love and reelection don't buy you competence. Long after the confetti is cleaned up at Pres. Obama's second inaugural celebration, the national security challenges facing an economically weakened America will persist and, I would argue, multiply. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Barack-Obama-again-blunders-on-the-world-stage/-667118365525620460.htmlLaura2012-11-20T12:56:00ZAll about him: In Myanmar, Obama to see nation that shaped his GrandfatherLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/All-about-him:-In-Myanmar,-Obama-to-see-nation-that-shaped-his-Grandfather/-182472305200506919.html2012-11-18T15:47:00Z2012-11-18T15:47:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Someone should tell both the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/18/world/asia/in-myanmar-obama-will-see-land-that-shaped-his-grandfather.html?partner=MYWAY&amp;ei=5065&amp;_r=1&amp;" target="_blank">New York Times</a> and the president that the election is over. But never mind, the Obama mythos must continue. The president's team, feeding the compliant press these personal tid-bits, will continue in campaign mode 'til the last votes are counted in 2016. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/All-about-him:-In-Myanmar,-Obama-to-see-nation-that-shaped-his-Grandfather/-182472305200506919.htmlLaura2012-11-18T15:47:00ZThe rush to compromise...our principlesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-rush-to-compromise...our-principles/938967815633634694.html2012-11-16T14:34:00Z2012-11-16T14:34:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I woke up today to read about how Republican governors are "<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443684104578066611560765402.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop" target="_blank">softening</a>" on raising taxes. This was after innumerable articles about how Republicans are starting to embrace a "path to citizenship" for those here illegally. Both developments suggest that the GOP is panicking rather than thinking. And it tells me they are in more trouble than I thought. Grass-roots conservatives still make up the most vibrant and energetic part of the GOP. Many were less then thrilled with the often defensive and "generic" nature of the Romney campaign. (Tea partiers felt they would be the first thing Etch-A-Sketched out of a Romney Administration.) If turnout figures are accurate, millions of Republicans stayed home on Election Day. Now I don't think that was prudent thing to do--in fact, it was irresponsible. No candidate no will align perfectly with our views. Nevertheless, Republicans might want to start their "soul searching" by finding out why Romney didn't excite those registered Republicans who chose not to vote. In my informal chit-chat with passersby in 5 states, I found that many GOP loyalists felt bewildered by the Romney campaign. They saw him swing between being too vanilla, too cautious--and saying unhelpful things such as his "47 percent" comment or "I like firing people." They wondered why he didn't fight back earlier against the negative framing, Bain, outsourcing, etc. So it ended up that many showed up to vote against Obama, not so much for Romney. By adopting positions that are startlingly similar to those of Democrats in their rush to "compromise," the Republican Party could irreparably damage its core in an attempt to expand its reach. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-rush-to-compromise...our-principles/938967815633634694.htmlLaura2012-11-16T14:34:00ZObamacare has states feeling tense over deadlineLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamacare-has-states-feeling-tense-over-deadline/-330609669308098382.html2012-11-15T15:32:00Z2012-11-15T15:32:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia are among <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/15/health/health-law-has-states-feeling-tense-over-deadline.html?partner=MYWAY&amp;ei=5065&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">dozens of states</a> struggling to find the money to implement the healthcare exchanges. The process is everything we warned about--expensive, bureaucratic, and incredibly time-consuming.<br /><br /> According to the Washington Examiner:<br /><br /> States have until Friday to declare whether they plan to operate a state-run health insurance exchange -- an open market for uninsured residents to purchase coverage -- or let the federal government run one for them. <br /><br /> Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell sent a letter Wednesday to Obama asking for an extension and criticized his administration's timetable for complying with the law since it passed in March 2010. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamacare-has-states-feeling-tense-over-deadline/-330609669308098382.htmlLaura2012-11-15T15:32:00ZNational Review: It's Not Mitt's Fault--it's the Party's FaultLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/National-Review:-Its-Not-Mitts-Fault--its-the-Partys-Fault/-305272720669828743.html2012-11-14T12:30:00Z2012-11-14T12:30:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Another entry in the post-mortems to explain the GOP losses on November 6: an interesting but <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/333344/party-s-problem-ramesh-ponnuru" target="_blank">flawed piece</a> by Ramesh Ponnuru of NRO. Recall that during the Republican primaries, National Review endorsed Mitt Romney in a glowing cover-story. Bottom line, he argues, is that the GOP over time became identified as the party of big money and big corporations--not an appealing message for the middle class. Solutions, instead of talking points, Ponnuru writes, resonate with Americans who are trying to support their families or start one. He cites the GOP's failure to lay out what they would do in place of Obamacare. Romney had his weaknesses, but he did better that most GOP senate candidates such as Connie Mack in Florida and Josh Mandel in Ohio. I simply don't buy Ponnuru's argument that the "Party" dragged Romney down. In a presidential election year, he IS the GOP. And the fact is, he refused to engage on key issues such as healthcare and the HHS mandate. He ran as a "generic" Republican because his strategists thought they could ride a bad economy to victory. Romney couldn't even excite Republicans enough to turn out at the polls in greater numbers than they did for McCain. (At present, Romney received 606,206 fewer voters than McCain, a loss of about one-percent.) Ponnuru seems to dismiss the idea that supporting immigration reform to attract Hispanics or abortion to help with women voters will do much to improve Republican fortunes. But after reading his piece, I am not clear on how what he advocates is much different from the Big Government conservatism of George W. Bush. That ended up not working out so well for our deficit or GOP demographics. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/National-Review:-Its-Not-Mitts-Fault--its-the-Partys-Fault/-305272720669828743.htmlLaura2012-11-14T12:30:00Z2016 contender Jindal to GOP: "Stop being the stupid party"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/2016-contender-Jindal-to-GOP:-Stop-being-the-stupid-party/700271111392212748.html2012-11-13T13:36:00Z2012-11-13T13:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>First Florida Senator Marco Rubio agrees to speak in Iowa. Now Lousiana Governor Bobby Jindahl offers the Republicans <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83743.html?hp=f3" target="_blank">some simple advice</a> in the wake of crushing losses on November 6. Be smart...be the ideas party...offer intelligent solutions. This sounds obvious, but approach, language, strategy all have to be carefully considered in the wake of Mitt Romney's defeat and the loss of Senate contests that should have been gimmes for the GOP. As for those Republicans who believe that the party needs to moderate or change its core beliefs to survive, go for it. I think that is both a political fools errand and and bad policy. Most people are conservative because they believe free markets and limited government, borne out of our Judeo-Christian tradition, represent the best hope for America. Those are the principles I will continue to advocate for, regardless of intra-party squabbling or the panic of the moment. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/2016-contender-Jindal-to-GOP:-Stop-being-the-stupid-party/700271111392212748.htmlLaura2012-11-13T13:36:00ZThe danger of moving to the middleLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-danger-of-moving-to-the-middle/637885040747248529.html2012-11-12T18:09:00Z2012-11-12T18:09:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>In my <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/2012/11/12/laura-ingraham-danger-moving-middle" target="_blank">talking points memo</a> from the O'Reilly Factor, I respond to the panicked calls for "moderation" from Republicans who think the only way to grow a majority following is to become more like Democrats. Bottom line: pandering isn't the answer--good policy articulated by smart, likeable candidates is. Watch and send your comments via <a href="https://twitter.com/ingrahamangle" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-danger-of-moving-to-the-middle/637885040747248529.htmlLaura2012-11-12T18:09:00ZThe Amnesty DelusionLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Amnesty-Delusion/-219849535855896141.html2012-11-12T13:41:00Z2012-11-12T13:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>If only the GOP had backed George W. Bush's idea of immigration reform in 2006, things would be different. If only Mitt Romney had not used the words "self-deportation," he would have not alienated 72 percent of Hispanic voters nationwide this election cycle. If only....<a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/333128/amnesty-delusion-editors" target="_blank">The editors of National Review</a> take on this knee-jerk and facile explanation for GOP losses coming from certain Republican circles and from the media establishment (always known for having the best interest of conservatives at heart). <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Amnesty-Delusion/-219849535855896141.htmlLaura2012-11-12T13:41:00ZFNS's "Panel Plus" with LauraLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/FNSs--Panel-Plus-with-Laura/799779675309505684.html2012-11-12T02:12:00Z2012-11-12T02:12:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Fox News Sunday panel was interesting. Bill Kristol said raising taxe fine with him and that GOP should get over it. Kirsten Powers said that something smelled fishy about the Petraeus "affair." Evan Bayh predicted that Obama will move to the middle in his second term. I basically said that the GOP shouldn't retreat, that they should figure out what they want to stand for and push aggressively for it, with supremely smart candidates. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/FNSs--Panel-Plus-with-Laura/799779675309505684.htmlLaura2012-11-12T02:12:00ZDrop the despair, no time for moderationLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Drop-the-despair,-no-time-for-moderation/606233792884614418.html2012-11-09T21:08:00Z2012-11-09T21:08:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Since Mitt Romney lost in an electoral landslide on Tuesday night, I feel like I&rsquo;ve become the chief psychologist for conservatives. Republicans are wondering whether all is lost, whether the country has changed so much that there is no hope of a conservative ever winning the presidency again. This frustration and dejection is understandable. I, too, thought Romney would pull out a victory -- and I, like many Republicans, am extremely disappointed. <br /><br /> Just knowing that the monstrosity of Obamacare is here to stay and that we may lose the Supreme Court for a generation is heartbreaking. The autopsy of what went wrong is ongoing. There will be conflicting opinions on the cause of death for the Romney campaign and all those senate races. I happen to think that Mitt Romney ran an overly cautious &amp; defensive campaign, which allowed the other side to define him. Some establishment Republican types say this requires the party to be less conservative, more moderate. It&rsquo;s no surprise that Democrats agree. I find THIS depressing. <br /><br /> Conservatism won huge for the GOP in 2010, and beat back a union-backed recall in Wisconsin, but in two years has become unmarketable? Nice try. To paraphrase George Will -- for Mitt Romney conservatism was a second language, he was never comfortable articulating it or arguing it. So of course Latinos, women, and new voters weren&rsquo;t sold on it either. In that vacuum, they bought the malevolent portrait of Romney relentlessly pushed by Team Obama and their SuperPAC friends. But the urge to despair is a losing proposition. <br /><br /> Five days after Barry Goldwater&rsquo;s landslide loss to Lyndon Johnson in 1964, conservatives including William F. Buckley and Brent Bozell (Sr), didn&rsquo;t waste time cursing the darkness. They founded something called the American Conservative Union, and plotted out a short and long-term strategy for their movement. The pathway was cleared for fresh voices and approaches. A-C-U friend Ronald Reagan became governor of California in 1967. The movement slowly rebuilt and grew. <br /><br /> In his 1980 victory, Reagan converted Democrats not by adopting Democrat views, but by convincing them that conservative solutions offered the only hope for American renewal. We should follow the same strategy now. When Barack Obama's Democrat party lost big in 2010, did he retreat from liberalism? No. On the contrary, he renewed his dedication to pursuing a progressive agenda--moving on gay marriage, partial amnesty, and the HHS mandate--and got those constituencies to show up at the polls and forget how bad the economy is. Meanwhile, he nixed a deal to work with John Boehner, only to use GOP "obstructionism" during campaign. All infuriatingly effective. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Drop-the-despair,-no-time-for-moderation/606233792884614418.htmlLaura2012-11-09T21:08:00Z[Pray for] all those in authority....(I Timothy 2:1-2)Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pray-for-all-those-in-authority....I-Timothy-2:1-2/892304632679464355.html2012-11-08T13:37:00Z2012-11-08T13:37:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>Through the ups and downs of American politics, it is sometimes very difficult to maintain hope for a God-centered America, where our country's Judeo-Christian heritage is respected, not insulted. &nbsp;Freedom without virtue is not freedom at all--it ultimately results in a self-centered chaos, where momentary pleasures give way to the reality of a nation that spends too much,parties too much, and produces too little. &nbsp;We demand blessings from God without listening to Him in prayer. &nbsp;So how to process this when all seems lost? &nbsp;My friend&nbsp;and author Eric Metaxas speaks and writes on matters of faith and policy and thought his post-election reflections were worth sharing:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 60px;">Whether you voted for Mitt Romney or Barack Obama, whether you're<br /> recovering from your all-night celebration or drying the tears from<br /> your pillow, today is a good day to heed these words of the Apostle<br /> Paul:<br /> <br /> "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and<br /> thanksgiving be made for everyone -- for kings and all those in<br /> authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness<br /> and holiness" (1 Timothy 2:1-2).<br /> <br /> Now that the election results are in, our President needs our prayers,<br /> because he and his administration face huge, serious challenges to the<br /> health of our nation and to peace in the world -- challenges that we<br /> cannot overcome without divine aid.<br /> <br /> Think about it.&nbsp; At home, our economy is still sluggish.&nbsp; We face the<br /> so-called "fiscal cliff" and sequestration.&nbsp; Economists and<br /> politicians on both sides of the aisle are telling us this would be an<br /> economic disaster for the nation.&nbsp; And speaking of disasters, there is<br /> the national debt.<br /> <br /> Overseas, America's foreign policy seems, to put it mildly, confused,<br /> even as Iran seeks nuclear weapons, as Islamists have either grabbed<br /> or are on the cusp of grabbing power in countries throughout the<br /> Middle East, and as we struggle to figure out what in the world to do<br /> about the war in Afghanistan.<br /> <br /> How has America come to this point?&nbsp; Why is our economy on the brink<br /> of disaster?&nbsp; And why is our culture so utterly depraved?<br /> <br /> Chuck Colson asked these questions the day after the last presidential<br /> election four years ago.&nbsp; And his answer was spot on.&nbsp; Chuck cited<br /> what Russian author Alexandr Solzhenitsyn said about the catastrophic<br /> consequences of the Russian revolution.&nbsp; "I recall," Solzhenitsyn<br /> said, "hearing a number of older people offer the following<br /> explanation for the great disasters that had befallen Russia: Men have<br /> forgotten God; that's why all this has happened."<br /> <br /> Solzhenitsyn was right.&nbsp; And Colson was right.&nbsp; The best explanation<br /> for why we Americans find ourselves in the state we are in is that to<br /> some extent we have forgotten God.<br /> <br /> We have also forgotten that American democracy -- indeed Western<br /> Civilization itself -- is the product of the Judeo-Christian<br /> understanding of God and humanity.&nbsp; As Chuck said, "Without that<br /> revelation that man is created in the image of God, our founders never<br /> would have recognized the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the<br /> pursuit of happiness."<br /> <br /> Make no mistake, regardless of last night's election results, the<br /> attacks on Christianity are not going away.&nbsp; They will only intensify.<br /> So we have to continue, as Chuck said, "to make a winsome witness" to<br /> the truths of the Christian worldview, because those who would banish<br /> Christianity from American public life are risking the very survival<br /> of American society.<br /> <br /> So, if your presidential candidate or your congressional candidates<br /> won yesterday, keep the celebration short.&nbsp; If they lost, don't head<br /> for the hills.&nbsp; We have got work to do.&nbsp; This is a time for Christians<br /> to stay involved.&nbsp; So by all means pray for our President and his<br /> administration.&nbsp; Pray for our nation.&nbsp; But most of all be salt and<br /> light in a culture, in a country, that is in danger of forgetting God.<br /> <br /> --Eric Metaxas</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pray-for-all-those-in-authority....I-Timothy-2:1-2/892304632679464355.htmlLaura2012-11-08T13:37:00ZThe Day After...First Mass ReadingLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Day-After...First-Mass-Reading/636388467321879409.html2012-11-07T20:09:00Z2012-11-07T20:09:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>My beloved, obedient as you have always been,<br /> not only when I am present but all the more now when I am absent,<br /> work out your salvation with fear and trembling.<br /> For God is the one who, for his good purpose,<br /> works in you both to desire and to work.<br /> Do everything without grumbling or questioning,<br /> that you may be blameless and innocent,<br /> children of God without blemish<br /> in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation,<br /> among whom you shine like lights in the world,<br /> as you hold on to the word of life,<br /> so that my boast for the day of Christ may be<br /> that I did not run in vain or labor in vain.<br /> But, even if I am poured out as a libation<br /> upon the sacrificial service of your faith,<br /> I rejoice and share my joy with all of you.<br /> In the same way you also should rejoice and share your joy with me.</p>
<p>-- Phil. 2:12-18</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Day-After...First-Mass-Reading/636388467321879409.htmlLaura2012-11-07T20:09:00ZThe meaning of the drubbingLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-meaning-of-the-drubbing/-930664810688703653.html2012-11-07T12:37:00Z2012-11-07T12:37:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Congratulations to the Democrats and Barack Obama. You ran an impressive campaign and showcased the best get-out-the-vote-effort in modern political history. Many of us were cautiously optimistic about Mitt Romney's chance for victory--we were wrong. But contrary to what the usual suspects on the Left and mushy middle are saying, Romney's loss is not an indictment of conservatism. The tea party remains the most invigorating force in the GOP, and conservatism's core principles still deliver the greatest promise to a demoralized middle class. Mitt Romney's "play-it-safe" strategy was a loser from Day One. He didn't really engage on the issues that motivate an electorate, or speak the language of reform that can move voters in the middle. It was not enough to mention Obamacare in passing or attack it with cliches like "it doesn't work and I'll repeal it!" His advisers were wrong to avoid both talk radio and more unfriendly forums. Challengers must be bold and forward-thinking (forgive use of word "forward"), but Team Romney seemed to be perpetually on defense. <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83472.html?hp=t3_3" target="_blank">Time for some hard thinking</a> about the GOP primary process. One thing's for sure: the conservative values that have brought the most freedom and prosperity to the most people here and around the world will need smarter, more committed men and women to carry the message forward. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-meaning-of-the-drubbing/-930664810688703653.htmlLaura2012-11-07T12:37:00ZFlashback Nov. 2007: Obama on 'protecting our [Baghdad] embassy'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Flashback-Nov.-2007:-Obama-on-protecting-our-Baghdad-embassy/668819053703232524.html2012-11-06T03:00:00Z2012-11-06T03:00:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/us/politics/02obama-transcript.html?pagewanted=all&amp;_r=0" target="_blank">Flashback</a> Nov. 2007: Obama on "protecting our [Baghdad] embassy"<br /><br /> It&rsquo;s fascinating to go back and read interviews from 2007 with then-Democratic primary candidate Sen. Barack Obama as he tried to distinguish himself from party favorite Sen. Hillary Clinton. In a Q&amp;A with the New York Times, he discussed his plan for an Iraq withdrawal, and included a reference to &ldquo;embassy security.&rdquo; Note that he sounded fairly reasonable on this one point&mdash;saying the &ldquo;level&rdquo; of security would depend upon the changing &ldquo;security environment&rdquo; on the ground: <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">Q. You&rsquo;ve argued that the United States should leave behind residual force in Iraq and the region. How large would the force be and how much would be inside Iraq versus the Persian Gulf Region? <br /><br /> A. I have not ascribed particular numbers to that and I won&rsquo;t for precisely the reason I was just talking to Michael about. I want to talk to military folks on the ground, No. 1. No. 2, a lot of it depends on what&rsquo;s happened on the political front and the diplomatic front. Even something as simple as protecting our embassy is going to be dependent on what is the security environment in Baghdad. If there is some sense of security, then that means one level of force. If you continue to have significant sectarian conflict, that means another, but this is an area where Senator Clinton and I do have a significant contrast. (italics added)</div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Flashback-Nov.-2007:-Obama-on-protecting-our-Baghdad-embassy/668819053703232524.htmlLaura2012-11-06T03:00:00ZYoung and in debt...and still dumb?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Young-and-in-debt...and-still-dumb/237673084107967041.html2012-11-05T17:22:00Z2012-11-05T17:22:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Barack Obama relied on the youth vote to carry him to victory in 2008. It was exciting. It was fun. It was one extended game of ultimate frisbee. Free love and free beer. But now, the hangover has settled in. No amount of aspirin or coffee helps shake it. College debt piles up and young voters who either can't find a job or have a low-paying job have little hope of paying it off in a timely manner. <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/4-yrs-private-college-130468-median-priced-existing-home-173100-us-debt-american-under" target="_blank">This debt bomb</a> will explode in the faces of all the Obamanauts who, as Paul Ryan said at the RNC, are still "looking up at their faded Obama posters, wondering when they'll be able to move out of their parents' basement." Use your brain. Vote Romney. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Young-and-in-debt...and-still-dumb/237673084107967041.htmlLaura2012-11-05T17:22:00ZObama politicizing Sandy in final pushLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-politicizing-Sandy-in-final-push/169414041048177740.html2012-11-05T13:36:00Z2012-11-05T13:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>After touting his symbolic fly-over with Christie as the type of "non-partisan" effort Americans are hungering for, Barack Obama is using the federal "Sandy" effort for his own partisan benefit. The president hasn't worked with the GOP on any major issue in 4 years, but because he showed up for a few hours to tour the hurricane damage with Republican governor Chris Christie, we're supposed to think that he's Mr. Bipartisan? We're supposed to believe that the man who fought for Obamacare over jobs is suddenly a warrior against "red-tape"? As usual, <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/11/obama-touts-sandy-response-in-final-fla-visit-148384.html?hp=r4" target="_blank">Obama is the master of the photo-op</a>. He hopes his symbolism will trump our common sense, that his rhetorical fantasy, will obscure the reality before us. I'm betting that his cynical ploys won't work this time around. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-politicizing-Sandy-in-final-push/169414041048177740.htmlLaura2012-11-05T13:36:00ZGenerators power up NY Marathon as millions remain powerlessLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Generators-power-up-NY-Marathon-as-millions-remain-powerless/-616529653880434195.html2012-11-02T11:36:00Z2012-11-02T11:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Running through chaos--does that sound fun? Staten Island is where the New York Marathon starts. I ran this marathon--an amazing experience!--and it takes thousands of security personal to oversee the multi-hour event. Yet how to justify this allocation of personnel when thousands in Staten Island and Manhattan still have no power. They need more help. Rescue crews were still finding bodies in Staten Island when <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/this_is_no_way_to_get_us_up_running_egrMk4ukpzFCGhSF8oM5kN" target="_blank">this decision to continue with the marathon was made</a>. We need more disaster-relief folks and supplies running toward the areas suffering the most, not police and emergency crews occupied by marathoners. We have a more important race in the Northeast--a race to help the victims of Sandy. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Generators-power-up-NY-Marathon-as-millions-remain-powerless/-616529653880434195.htmlLaura2012-11-02T11:36:00ZJay-Z aims to deliver Ohio for ObamaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Jay-Z-aims-to-deliver-Ohio-for-Obama/-761279745871139116.html2012-11-02T01:35:00Z2012-11-02T01:35:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Now THAT'S a great strategy! I remember when Bruce Springsteen and James Taylor tried to bring home the win for Kerry and Gore. While multi-millionaire recording artists may draw a few more people out to free pre-election day concerts, they're not going to make any of Obama's broken promises any easier to swallow. GDP at 1.5 percent isn't made any more appealing because Jay-Z &amp; Beyonce promise to perform at Obama's second Inaugural. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Jay-Z-aims-to-deliver-Ohio-for-Obama/-761279745871139116.htmlLaura2012-11-02T01:35:00ZHigh schools in Neb. refuse to show exhibit honoring war deadLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/High-schools-in-Neb.-refuse-to-show-exhibit-honoring-war-dead/-280909538552029605.html2012-10-31T19:41:00Z2012-10-31T19:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Millard high schools in Nebraska have nixed a traveling exhibit that features a display honoring our war dead, citing scheduling and logistical reasons. From <a href="http://www.omaha.com/article/20121031/NEWS/710319926/1694#millard-high-schools-won-t-show-exhibit-for-war-dead" target="_blank">the Omaha Herald</a>: <br /><br />
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<br /> High school students--all students--should understand that freedom isn't free. It is always appropriate to honor those who sacrificed everything when their country called them. If politics played any role in this decision, we'll find out. Stay tuned to our show for a follow-up. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/High-schools-in-Neb.-refuse-to-show-exhibit-honoring-war-dead/-280909538552029605.htmlLaura2012-10-31T19:41:00ZObama the invincible? Now going on TV in MichiganLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-the-invincible-Now-going-on-TV-in-Michigan/-886323775497412260.html2012-10-31T11:24:00Z2012-10-31T11:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Add to Minnesota and Pennsylvania, the state of Michigan, which Barack Obama didn't think he'd have to fight for 6 weeks ago. <a href="http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/10/obama-going-on-tv-in-michigan-147747.html" target="_blank">Ad buys dropping this late in the campaign</a> mean that something is shifting. It cannot be good news for an incumbent. For what it's worth, in a new CBS/NYT poll, Romney's down a point nationally and down 5 points in Ohio. No doubt it's down to the wire, but I still give the advantage to Romney. He has the enthusiasm and in most cases he even has the early voters on this side. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-the-invincible-Now-going-on-TV-in-Michigan/-886323775497412260.htmlLaura2012-10-31T11:24:00ZMother Nature to Obama's AidLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mother-Nature-to-Obamas-Aid/-986272023708821850.html2012-10-30T11:53:00Z2012-10-30T11:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>Mitt Romney&rsquo;s surge in the polls will be tested by strong winds sweeping in from the Atlantic. The GOP contender has had to cancel two days of events, just as he is picking up hard-fought momentum.</p>
<p>In the past month, Obama's aura of invincibility has fallen away. &nbsp;Mitt Romney and he are tied in Ohio and even deadlocked in Wisconsin. &nbsp;Seen not as the heartless plutocrat that the Obama&nbsp;campaign tried to paint him as, Romney is now a credible alternative to the big spending, big talking Barack Obama. &nbsp;</p>
<p>As Hurricane Sandy floods and blows its way through the East Coast, President Obama is living out the "never let a crisis go to waste" dream. &nbsp;He hunkers down in the White House with his disaster response team, appearing to coordinate relief efforts. &nbsp;A non-stop campaign commercial. &nbsp;This meant &nbsp;Romney faced a dilemma. &nbsp;As top aides told the&nbsp;<em>New York Times,&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/us/politics/storm-affects-candidates-on-campaign-trail.html?_r=1&amp;">they fear the &ldquo;possibility of a split-screen moment</a>&nbsp;that showed Mr. Romney attacking the president next to images of flooded homes.&rdquo;</p>
<p>So Team Romney decided to cancel two days of campaign events (not sure what canceling a rally in Wisconsin or Florida accomplishes). Whether it not this was a smart move, this pause happens just as Romney was closing the gap in states where few thought &nbsp;he would have a prayer. Meanwhile, with Romney out of sight, President Obama dominates the news by doing FEMA briefings. &nbsp;While he was wholly ineffective during most of our economic storm, he is able to appear fully engaged on Hurricane Sandy. &nbsp;If only he had acted as expeditiously to deal with the fiscal disaster arriving on January 1! &nbsp;On November 6 we'll know if Mother Nature's intervention made a difference. &nbsp;</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mother-Nature-to-Obamas-Aid/-986272023708821850.htmlLaura2012-10-30T11:53:00ZThe Obama ground game mythLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Obama-ground-game-myth/-911591847002047700.html2012-10-29T11:28:00Z2012-10-29T11:28:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Obama team of David Axelrod, David Plouffe, Stephanie Cutter, and all of their minions in the media, have been repeating this trope for weeks: "We have the superior ground game!" "We've knocked on more doors!" "We have an amazing get-out-the-vote operation!" <a href="http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2012/10/28/the-obama-ground-game-myth/" target="_blank">Commentary magazine</a> peels back the onion: "Consider what Kevin Drum, a writer for the left-wing Mother Jones, wrote on Friday, Republicans are operating on a different paradigm: <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">There&rsquo;s been a disconnect in the ground games of the major parties for some time. Democrats tend to rely on paid, professional operations, while Republicans rely more on volunteer efforts, largely from evangelical churches. This is something that actually works in the Republicans&rsquo; favor, since volunteer efforts from friends and neighbors tend to be more effective at switching votes than professional phone banks. (Also cheaper.) <br /><br /> The other reason why Republicans are not as obsessed with turnout is that their base tends to be more highly motivated and, as a rule, are already registered rather than having to be schlepped out to the polls with great difficulty. They are instead working on convincing independents to give Romney a second look, an effort that has borne fruits as polls show their candidate gaining ground among centrists. <br /><br /> That&rsquo;s something that gets us to the heart of this conundrum about turnout. As Josh Jordan explains in National Review, both Gallup and Rasmussen agree that the partisan split between Republicans and Democrats has changed markedly since 2008. Whereas four years ago the Democrats had a seven-point advantage, this fall that has become a 1 or 2 point Republican edge." <br /><br /> I can't predict what will happen on election day, but everywhere I go the enthusiasm edge goes to Romney. Head-faking your opponent is a classic technique in sports from basketball to boxing. Bluffing makes poker more exciting. This "ground game" myth might be one of the biggest bluffs in politics since when Obama said during the healthcare debate: "if you like your doctors, you'll be able to keep them."</div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Obama-ground-game-myth/-911591847002047700.htmlLaura2012-10-29T11:28:00ZTone turns deadly serious at The Weather ChannelLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tone-turns-deadly-serious-at-The-Weather-Channel/59928065147243316.html2012-10-29T01:37:00Z2012-10-29T01:37:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>There are more important things than politics--your life. To everyone reading this in the path of this storm--PLEASE take seriously the threat this storm poses. Don't go out unless you absolutely have to until the weather has passed. Stay safe! If you don't believe me, then watch <a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/business/media/view/20121028tone_turns_ominous_at_the_weather_channel/" target="_blank">this report from the Weather Channel</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Tone-turns-deadly-serious-at-The-Weather-Channel/59928065147243316.htmlLaura2012-10-29T01:37:00ZFather of Slain SEAL: Who Made the Decision Not to Save My Son?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Father-of-Slain-SEAL:-Who-Made-the-Decision-Not-to-Save-My-Son/-955918572268666015.html2012-10-26T11:37:00Z2012-10-26T11:37:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Benghazi is such a <a href="http://weeklystandard.com/blogs/father-slain-seal-who-made-decision-not-save-my-son_657782.html" target="_blank">heartbreaking story</a>. How could our nation be caught unprepared on 9/11 once again? How could a President and his team obfuscate and obscure the truth until after an election? Answer: they couldn't if we had a real press, hungry for answers, and not one that acts as liberal cheerleaders of their agenda. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Father-of-Slain-SEAL:-Who-Made-the-Decision-Not-to-Save-My-Son/-955918572268666015.htmlLaura2012-10-26T11:37:00ZGQ here he comes! Women age 50+ are gushing over Biden !Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GQ-here-he-comes!--Women-age-50+-are-gushing-over-Biden-!/931889584067089009.html2012-10-25T12:40:00Z2012-10-25T12:40:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>These are the type of exchanges I sorely wish were captured on audio--women of a certain age <a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/10/biden-and-the-gushing-women-139412.html?hp=l1_b1" target="_blank">slobbering all over the man</a> of their political dreams: Joe Biden. What on earth explains this bizarre syndrome, that would turn othewise sane women into lovestruck fools, captivated by the human gaffe-o-matic? Is there prescription medication available for members of my gender afflicted with the Biden syndrome? I hope it's mandated under Obamacare. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GQ-here-he-comes!--Women-age-50+-are-gushing-over-Biden-!/931889584067089009.htmlLaura2012-10-25T12:40:00ZDiane von Furstenberg classless in distancing herself from Ann RomneyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Diane-von-Furstenberg-classless-in-distancing-herself-from-Ann-Romney/830211384387818205.html2012-10-24T12:31:00Z2012-10-24T12:31:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>So the fashionista set is getting worried--what on earth will they do without Michelle Obama in the White House? She of the $4,000 debate outfit and $500 sneakers, has been the darling of Vogue editor Anna Wintour's circle of designer pals since she graced the Inaugural stage in her Jason Wu floor-length "toilet paper" gown. Now Diane von Furstenberg, who once dressed Nancy Reagan, is <a href="http://www.sfexaminer.com/entertainment/scoop/2012/10/diane-von-furstenberg-distancing-her-dresses-republican-ann-romney#ixzz2ADGCcig2" target="_blank">sending out signals</a> that she is none-too-happy that would-be First Lady Ann Romney wears her clothes. To Diane, I would say, take your predictable dresses and "run a-way"! Ann Romney should reward classy designers who are talented and gracious, regardless of political affiliation. And Diane is sooooo 1980s, anyway--and not in a good way. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Diane-von-Furstenberg-classless-in-distancing-herself-from-Ann-Romney/830211384387818205.htmlLaura2012-10-24T12:31:00ZBiz leaders slam Obama ask voters to think about country's futureLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Biz-leaders-slam-Obama-ask-voters-to-think-about-countrys-future/767388495441634809.html2012-10-24T11:47:00Z2012-10-24T11:47:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Anyone with a brain who runs a small business in the U.S. should be contributing to the Romney campaign. If they are so strapped for money because of the Obummer "recovery," they should be volunteering for Romney, working phone banks or going door-to-door in swing states to help turn out the vote for real change. In just two months, businesses all across our country will be faced with new crippling taxes and the new reality that Obamacare in all of its regulatory glory is here to stay. This cannot happen. It's about time that a broad coalition of business leaders stuck their necks out to save our free market and ensure that entrepreneurs remain empowered to drive a real recovery that creates real, good-paying opportunities for our nation. <a href="http://weeklystandard.com/blogs/business-leaders-slam-obama-ask-americans-think-about-countrys-future-voting_657280.html" target="_blank">Read the Weekly Standard piece</a> on this new push. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Biz-leaders-slam-Obama-ask-voters-to-think-about-countrys-future/767388495441634809.htmlLaura2012-10-24T11:47:00ZWho won? Why debate "point-scoring" didn't matter in the final debateLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Who-won--Why-debate-point-scoring-didnt-matter-in-the-final-debate/-109001832355640699.html2012-10-23T12:58:00Z2012-10-23T12:58:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>If you're like me, at times you were left unsatisfied after Monday's final presidential debate.&nbsp; I wanted the time more evenly divided and a moderator who didn't allow President Obama to interrupt constantly.&nbsp; I wanted Mitt Romney to challenge Obama on Libya, look him right in the eye and urge him to give the American people what they deserve when Americans are killed in a terror attack--real answers.&nbsp; At times I thought Romney was almost "peace-mongering," and I wondered whether John Lennon had come back to the grave to advise his campaign."&nbsp; I half-expected that&nbsp; Romney would break into spontaneous song: "All we are saying, give peace a chance."&nbsp; But with the advantage of some time and distance away from the 90-minute presentation, I think the Romney campaign followed the smart strategy--be mature, safe, and not scary to the American voters who are still undecided, but who definitely don't want the next president to get us into another war we cannot afford.&nbsp;</p>
<p>From the WSJ editorial writers: "Mr. Romney won this economic debate going away because he doesn't have to defend the miserable record of the last four years. He could even invoke Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim that America's soaring debt makes us weak. That's a critique of the Obama years that most Americans would agree with."</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Who-won--Why-debate-point-scoring-didnt-matter-in-the-final-debate/-109001832355640699.htmlLaura2012-10-23T12:58:00ZObama tries to make his 'apology tour' disappearLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-tries-to-make-his-apology-tour-disappear/-357802255742273104.html2012-10-23T11:31:00Z2012-10-23T11:31:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>We all know about President Obama's odd "bowing movements." We all know about how he talked about how America used to dictate terms, instead of work with the "community of nations" (oh, how I despise that phrase). We all know how uncomfortable he is with American exceptionalism--"the British believe in British exceptionalism; the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism," etc. But to listen to the President Monday night, Ronald Reagan had nothing on him. He rode to power as the "anti-Bush," which many of our adversaries around the world took to mean weakness. We see the fruits of our cheering on an Arab Spring and abandoning our ally (but not perfect) ally Hosni Mubarak in Egypt: chaos. America's influence has waned, and China and Russia have been eager to fill the gap. So while we've taken out top al Qaeda leaders and the president made the right call to kill bin Laden, our overall standing in the world has suffered under President Obama's foreign policy of leading from behind. China is aggressively building its military, but with Obama in charge we are preparing to enact draconian, far-reaching cuts. Chavez, Castro and Putin are smiling. For a walk down Obama's "apology-o-rama" memory lane, <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/22/clips-of-obama-apology-tour-undercut-debate-denial-video/#ixzz2A7AuT4ek" target="_blank">check out his greatest hits</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-tries-to-make-his-apology-tour-disappear/-357802255742273104.htmlLaura2012-10-23T11:31:00ZObama reaches for the stars in his moment of needLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-reaches-for-the-stars-in-his-moment-of-need/-381670998526524807.html2012-10-22T21:20:00Z2012-10-22T21:20:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>Some things never change. &nbsp;President Obama crosses the country Wednesday for an all-important visit to...hmmm...let me think...Camp Pendleton? &nbsp;Nope. &nbsp;He'll be under the lights where he's most comfortable--ensconced among the Hollywood elite. &nbsp;Our commander-in-chief will be in Los Angeles on Wednesday for a visit with Tonight Show host Jay Leno. &nbsp;This stop will be Obama&rsquo;s third trip to the Leno show since his inauguration &nbsp;On Tuesday, Michelle is doing the people's business, as she hits&nbsp;<em>Jimmy Kimmel Live</em>&nbsp;and a fundraiser at the home of Tinseltown's favorite one-percenter Will Smith. &nbsp;She was just on the program in August. &nbsp;The razzle dazzle won't stop--not until, that is, a Romney win on November 6. &nbsp;</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-reaches-for-the-stars-in-his-moment-of-need/-381670998526524807.htmlLaura2012-10-22T21:20:00ZCLASSIC! A (reverse) immigration sob storyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/CLASSIC!-A-reverse-immigration-sob-story/775218884680166598.html2012-10-22T13:49:00Z2012-10-22T13:49:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>There are classic "immigration sob stories," where the pro-amnesty American media tries to turn you against common-sense, reason, and the rule of law by tugging at your heart-strings. Then there are sob stories that are in a category of their own. You can imagine where <a href="/www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-border-boy-20121021,0,4751820.story" target="_blank">this story</a> is going in the Los Angeles Times, with this tantalizing paragraph: <br /><br /> "Luis never imagined living a peasant's life in Sinaloa. But like other children whose parents or other family members were deported, he was swept into the current of reverse migration. Thousands of U.S.-born children of former illegal immigrants now live in cities and towns across Mexico. Disoriented by cultural differences and often unable to speak the language, they often struggle, clinging to one another in a society that views them with a mix of envy and pity." <br /><br /> Ideally, countries around the world would care for their own children with economic systems that encourage free market growth and opportunity. Ideally, parents don't endanger their own children's lives by violating other country's immigration laws. Ideally, we have news organizations that report on the plight and suffering of law-abiding American citizens before they pull out the violins for those who gamed the system and expect to be rewarded for it. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/CLASSIC!-A-reverse-immigration-sob-story/775218884680166598.htmlLaura2012-10-22T13:49:00ZHomeless student population at all-time high in Fairfax CountyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Homeless-student-population-at-all-time-high-in-Fairfax-County/205960265961487607.html2012-10-22T03:35:00Z2012-10-22T03:35:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Another embarrassing symptom of a horrid economy and anemic recovery. The battleground state of Virginia has a terrific governor in Bob McDonnell, but the failed immigration enforcement system and our economic stall have both worked to deal a double-whammy to the Virginia economy. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/homeless-student-population-to-crest-2500-in-fairfax-county-for-first-time/2012/10/20/8369f898-130d-11e2-ba83-a7a396e6b2a7_story.html" target="_blank">Homeless students?</a> Few things are as telling about the president's leadership than this statistic--2,500 kids are currently listed as "homeless" in the Fairfax Public School System. Heartbreaking, another Obummer economy update. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Homeless-student-population-at-all-time-high-in-Fairfax-County/205960265961487607.htmlLaura2012-10-22T03:35:00ZMedical pot growers ravage California forest habitatLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Medical-pot-growers-ravage-California-forest-habitat/431356410943235358.html2012-10-22T03:23:00Z2012-10-22T03:23:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>What happens when the "medical marijuana" proponents clash with the enviro-obsessed nut-jobs? We hope <a href="http://www.sacbee.com/2012/10/21/4926571/medical-pot-growers-ravage-california.html#storylink=omni_popular" target="_blank">we're about to find out</a> as the ganja gang is setting itself up for a fight with California greeniacs. Pot farmers are dramatically altering the landscape of huge California forests now that there's legal money in dem dere grass. Conservationists who are not insane like so many in the Natural Resources Defense Council/Greenpeace world, should make their voices heard on this. Can't the weed wackos make this stuff in hot houses and be done with it? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Medical-pot-growers-ravage-California-forest-habitat/431356410943235358.htmlLaura2012-10-22T03:23:00Z<i>Now</i> who's connecting better withLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/iNow/i-whos-connecting-better-with/996579147786555122.html2012-10-19T12:33:00Z2012-10-19T12:33:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.opposingviews.com/i/politics/2012-election/video-mitt-romney-and-president-obama-trade-jokes-al-smith-dinner" target="_blank">Watch</a> both Pres. Obama and Gov. Romney at the Al Smith dinner in New York. Make your own judgment about which man connects with the subject material and the audience. Tweet and/or Facebook your response. What is your favorite Romney or Obama joke and why? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/iNow/i-whos-connecting-better-with/996579147786555122.htmlLaura2012-10-19T12:33:00ZMore Obama irrelevancies: Michelle's Guilty PleasuresLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-Obama-irrelevancies:-Michelles-Guilty-Pleasures/-771948196186713387.html2012-10-19T11:50:00Z2012-10-19T11:50:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>As I first documented in my 2010 book The Obama Diaries, Team Obama routinely uses manufactured personal stories and anecdotes to distract and attract the voting public. I dubbed this technique the "Obama Razzle Dazzle." With the polls tightening and Mitt Romney showing real strength across all key demographic groups, there are more signs that business experience is trumping the razzle dazzle. When you've been out of work for a year or more, you tend not to care that Michelle picks autumn vegetables from the White House garden. When you have to dip into your 401(k) to make ends meet, you don't feel any more hopeful just because a bunch of spoiled celebrities are voting for Obama. When you are one of the millions of Americans who feel like no matter how hard they work, they can never get ahead, are not reassured watching the president talk about coaching his daughter's basketball team or laughing with David Letterman. You want real solutions. But when you have a horrid record to run on and really don't understand how the economy works, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/michelle-obama-guilty-pleasures-french-fries-real-housewives/" target="_blank">the razzle dazzle</a> is all you have. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-Obama-irrelevancies:-Michelles-Guilty-Pleasures/-771948196186713387.htmlLaura2012-10-19T11:50:00ZFlashback: Crowley tells Axelrod Obama never called Benghazi anLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Flashback:-Crowley-tells-Axelrod-Obama-never-called-Benghazi-an/583306871781851953.html2012-10-18T12:41:00Z2012-10-18T12:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The game "Candy Land" is simple to play and fun for the kids. But journalism rules in Candy Crowley Land are very confusing. At the second presidential debate, moderator Crowley jumped into the Libya discussion, confirming a false statement that President Obama had called the Benghazi attack "an act of terror." We now know that while the president made a general reference to "acts of terror" not shaking America's resolve on 9/12, he and other prominent members of his Administration advanced a demonstrably FALSE narrative on Benghazi for nearly two weeks. At the debate, Crowley seemed to forget what she herself had said to Obama campaign chief David Axelrod on September 28th. While clumsily referencing the Administration's claims "for a better part of two weeks" that the anti-Islam film had sparked the attack, she did allowed the President to "one-up" Mitt Romney on Libya. A conspiracy? I doubt it. Sloppy and intimidated in the moment by Obama? Definitely. Watch her late September interview with Axelrod <a href="http://weaselzippers.us/2012/10/17/flashback-candy-crowley-tells-axelrod-obama-never-called-benghazi-an-act-of-terror/" target="_blank">here</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Flashback:-Crowley-tells-Axelrod-Obama-never-called-Benghazi-an/583306871781851953.htmlLaura2012-10-18T12:41:00ZObama's trillion dollar tax cut fraudLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-trillion-dollar-tax-cut-fraud/610462380289969481.html2012-10-18T11:36:00Z2012-10-18T11:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/330812/obama-s-trillion-dollar-tax-cut-fraud-alan-reynolds" target="_blank">More fraudulent assertions</a> from a failed president. Obama's boast that he "cut taxes" on the middle class may sound good, but the truth is a lot more in line with what we all know--Barack Obama has rarely met a tax cut that he LIKES. See, e.g., all the onerous tax hikes in Obamacare. These tax hikes cost jobs and they hit the middle class in their already lightened pocketbooks. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-trillion-dollar-tax-cut-fraud/610462380289969481.htmlLaura2012-10-18T11:36:00ZObama gets another lump of coal in energy exchangeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-gets-another-lump-of-coal-in-energy-exchange/-115000865084324094.html2012-10-17T17:11:00Z2012-10-17T17:11:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/262399-romney-obama-battle-over-gast-prices-in-testy-exchange#.UH7mdTT34oU.email" target="_blank">One of the most compelling moments</a> of debate was when Gov. Romney mentioned the coal miners who grabbed his arm this week and pleaded: "Please save our jobs!" Obama EPA's is toxic to job growth. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-gets-another-lump-of-coal-in-energy-exchange/-115000865084324094.htmlLaura2012-10-17T17:11:00ZCandy Crowley admits her errorLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Candy-Crowley-admits-her-error/519913914853461099.html2012-10-17T05:57:00Z2012-10-17T05:57:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://freebeacon.com/candy-crowley-he-was-right/" target="_blank">Read this piece</a> in the Washington Free Beacon on CNN's embarrassing post-debate admission regarding moderator Candy Crowley's interjection that Obama had stated <em>Benghazi</em> was "an act of terror" on 9/12. Overall, the debate was a wash--Mitt Romney scored huge on most points related to the economy. Yes, he missed an opportunity to fully lay out the Libyan mess, but Crowley also stepped on him. President Obama came in with more energy--how could he not have--and zinged Romney early on tax cuts for the "rich," etc. But in the end nothing in the debate changed the stark fact that 23 million Americans will still spend much of their day worried and scared because they out of work. Tragically, after four years of Obama at the helm, many of these people doubt their chances of ever finding a good-paying job again. This is the Obama legacy--America in decline, with a debt that will sink future generations, and no end in sight to more government spending and Washington gridlock. Romney has a grip on how to fix this--Obama does not. That is glaringly apparent after two debates, and the snap polls seem to confirm this. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Candy-Crowley-admits-her-error/519913914853461099.htmlLaura2012-10-17T05:57:00ZAmerica's broken hearts follow Obama's broken promisesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Americas-broken-hearts-follow-Obamas-broken-promises/-297475812654573815.html2012-10-16T16:28:00Z2012-10-16T16:28:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Over the years, a lot of great pop and country songs have been written about broken promises. The people (usually men) who promise and don't deliver leave behind a trail of heartache that makes for some memorable lyrics. Gary Allan's tune "Promise Broken" comes to mind: "Well, I'm the saddest words you've spoken. I'm a promise broken." Well, the songwriters in Nashville should get working on the next hit song to capture the emotional, fiscal and foreign policy toll taken on our country by President and his <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82429.html?hp=t1" target="_blank">broken promises</a>. "Livin' in Obama's Broken Promises Land...." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Americas-broken-hearts-follow-Obamas-broken-promises/-297475812654573815.htmlLaura2012-10-16T16:28:00ZUnder pressure, Hillary tries to defuse the Benghazi issue before debateLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Under-pressure,-Hillary-tries-to-defuse-the-Benghazi-issue-before-debate/5888671442627284.html2012-10-16T00:51:00Z2012-10-16T00:51:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/2012/10/15/fncs-wendell-goler-just-interviewed-secretary-of-state-hillary-clinton-see-what-secretary-clinton-says-about-ambassador-susan-rice-fog-of-war-click-to-read-red-text/?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+foxnewsinsider/gretawire+%28Gretawire%29" target="_blank">In an interview</a> the Fox News correspondent Wendel Goler, Hillary Clinton says she's responsible for what happens to her departments staff around the world, but said she "can't speak to who knew what" in terms of the previous attacks on the consulate. This pre-debate scramble is thoroughly uninformative and insufficient. Mitt Romney should charge ahead at Hofstra University, demanding real answers. The Administration has dragged its feet in revealing everything it knows to the American people, and it is the president himself who is the nation's chief executive. It is he who continued to give life to the absurd notion that the anti-Muslim movie was somehow the cause of the deadly attack during his speech to the U.N. It is he who flew to Vegas within a few hours of learning of the Ambassador's gruesome murder. The American people deserve a full accounting, not a quickie sit-down designed to help her boss stay insulated from criticism before election day. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Under-pressure,-Hillary-tries-to-defuse-the-Benghazi-issue-before-debate/5888671442627284.htmlLaura2012-10-16T00:51:00ZState Dept. confirms: Marines on 9/11/12 Were Protecting U.S. Embassy--in BarbadosLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/State-Dept.-confirms:-Marines-on-9/11/12-Were-Protecting-U.S.-Embassy--in-Barbados/494925205431968940.html2012-10-15T12:41:00Z2012-10-15T12:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>At this point we shouldn't need another reminder about how deadly incompetent the Obama Administration was in handling security in a genuine trouble spot in Libya. Yet every day, some other piece of information trickles out that should have every American crying out for more answers from President Obama and his Secretary of State. Regardless of political party, when four Americans are murdered after no one in Washington would listen to their concerns about their own safety, we the people must demand accountability for those responsible. The egregious security misjudgments in Benghazi were bad enough, but now that it looks the Obama Administration may be involved in a <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/state-dept-confirms-marines-91112-were-protecting-us-embassy-barbados" target="_blank">subsequent cover-up</a>, the American press--if it is to preserve any credibility whatsoever--must refuse to take "no comment" or Obama spin for an answer. At his debate, Vice President Biden raised more questions about the basic issue at hand--how could we leave our consulate this vulnerable on 9/11, and why would the follow-on explanations for what occurred be so misleading if there was no intent to delay real fact-finding until after the election? Mitt Romney should help connect the dots on this issue--not to take advantage of a huge government screw-up, but because the people have a right to know before November 6th. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/State-Dept.-confirms:-Marines-on-9/11/12-Were-Protecting-U.S.-Embassy--in-Barbados/494925205431968940.htmlLaura2012-10-15T12:41:00ZBlustery Biden denies Libya consulate asked for more securityLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Blustery-Biden-denies-Libya-consulate-asked-for-more-security/-879090722202652027.html2012-10-12T11:35:00Z2012-10-12T11:35:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I just got finished watching a sped-up version of the the VP debate. Conclusion: There is something wrong with Joe Biden. First, he's a blustering fool. (If Paul Ryan had done the guffawing and smirking that Biden did last night, editorial writers today would be accusing him of disrespect.) Second, he's no longer endearing--lying with a smile is still lying. Two days after diplomatic security officers testified on Capitol Hill that they had repeatedly requested additional security personnel in Libya, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2216556/Vice-Presidential-Debate-2012-Joe-Biden-DENIES-Libya-consulate-asked-security.html#ixzz294gSzJkP" target="_blank">the Vice President of the United States stood before the American people and lied</a>. Security requests? What security requests? Four Americans are dead, and the Administration still isn't taking what happened in Benghazi seriously. It's a disgrace. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Blustery-Biden-denies-Libya-consulate-asked-for-more-security/-879090722202652027.htmlLaura2012-10-12T11:35:00ZMy main takeaway from the VP debateLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-main-takeaway-from-the-VP-debate/-476484049948514255.html2012-10-12T03:34:00Z2012-10-12T03:34:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>After watching his on-stage antics, I conclude that Joe Biden just does not care if the country goes bankrupt.&nbsp; He simply refuses to acknowledge that our current fiscal path is unsustainable, and whenever Ryan tried to have a serious discussion on the budget, Biden just started bleating about his parents. Oh, and Martha Raddatz should have jumped in more.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-main-takeaway-from-the-VP-debate/-476484049948514255.htmlLaura2012-10-12T03:34:00ZIslamic law asserted in Ft Hood case, Hasan's beard at issueLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Islamic-law-asserted-in-Ft-Hood-case,-Hasans-beard-at-issue/-809512611651714538.html2012-10-11T15:41:00Z2012-10-11T15:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Islamic terrorist and former Army officer Nidal Hasan has successfully delayed his own trial, already costing taxpayers millions, because he demands that his beard be kept full according to Islamic law. It has been almost three years since the Fort Hood shooting spree, where Major Nidal killed 13 people and injured dozens more (sorry, not saying "allegedly"). Witnesses on the scene said at one point during the rampage, Hasan screamed out "God is Great!" in Arabic. And now he is allowed to dictate the terms of his own court appearance? This is sheer lunacy and another product of decades of liberal jurisprudence, which affords defendants rights far beyond what is required under the Constitution. Should judges bend to Muslim defendants' wishes regarding the makeup of juries--no women allowed who are not fully covered? Where does this end? <a href="http://www.dallasnews.com/news/state/headlines/20121011-fort-hood-mass-shooting-suspect-s-beard-case-at-appeals-court.ece" target="_blank">The case is now at the army appellate court</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Islamic-law-asserted-in-Ft-Hood-case,-Hasans-beard-at-issue/-809512611651714538.htmlLaura2012-10-11T15:41:00ZJoe Biden's (largely unknown) swipe at middle classLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Joe-Bidens-largely-unknown-swipe-at-middle-class/854346648493657878.html2012-10-11T15:24:00Z2012-10-11T15:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Do you know that Joe was one of the credit card company's best buddies in the Senate? Did you know that the nation's largest credit card corporation is headquartered in Delaware and were big campaign donors to Biden? <a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1061166819&amp;srvc=rss&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bostonherald%2Fnews+%28News+%26+Opinion+-+BostonHerald.com%29&amp;utm_content=FeedBurner" target="_blank">Here's an interesting take</a> on a Biden vulnerability beyond the obvious gaffes and misstatements he's prone to making. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Joe-Bidens-largely-unknown-swipe-at-middle-class/854346648493657878.htmlLaura2012-10-11T15:24:00ZObama campaigns more urgently after debate setbackLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-campaigns-more-urgently-after-debate-setback/446872761611324859.html2012-10-10T11:53:00Z2012-10-10T11:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Imagine if Barack Obama governed more urgently given our country's economic setbacks! <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obama-urgency-20121010,0,3197577.story" target="_blank">He reserves his hours of hard work to secure his own job</a>, not the jobs of the American people. As president, he rarely let&nbsp; events--not matter how unpleasant--interrupt his busy schedule of fund-raising.&nbsp; The day after the deadly Benghazi attack, Obama headed to Vegas for a huge rally.&nbsp;The campaigner-in-chief versus the commander-in-chief. We need the latter. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-campaigns-more-urgently-after-debate-setback/446872761611324859.htmlLaura2012-10-10T11:53:00ZArrogance Watch! Obama 'believed he had BEATEN Romney' in Denver debate!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Arrogance-Watch!-Obama-believed-he-had-BEATEN-Romney-in-Denver-debate!/960061554855260860.html2012-10-10T11:42:00Z2012-10-10T11:42:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2215173/Obama-believed-beaten-Romney-Denver-debate-ignoring-advice-aides.html#ixzz28tPiod6R" target="_blank">This could be one of the funniest and most disturbing accounts</a> of the first Obama-Romney presidential debate. President Obama walked off the Denver stage thinking he beat Romney. He also blew off doing debate prep, against advice of aides. This confirms the common view that Barack Obama is supremely arrogant and occasionally lazy, but could it also mean he is suffering from delusions? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Arrogance-Watch!-Obama-believed-he-had-BEATEN-Romney-in-Denver-debate!/960061554855260860.htmlLaura2012-10-10T11:42:00ZAngst grows in "Hope-ville"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Angst-grows-in-Hope-ville/367280245704414811.html2012-10-10T11:24:00Z2012-10-10T11:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1012/82226.html?hp=t1" target="_blank">Obamaniacs are having vicarious performance anxiety</a>. Their emperor had no clothes in the first debate and 67 million Americans saw the ugly truth--whether they'll admit it to pollsters or not--without his protective press cocoon, without his teleprompter, Barack Obama seemed to become lost and disoriented. This shocks those who still look longingly at their faded "Hope" posters. For those of us who had sent up warning flares in 2007 about Sen. Obama's lack of experience, the Denver blow-out wasn't all that surprising. In 2007 Democrats and disgruntled independents embraced Barack Obama for a number of reasons--chief among them because he represented a historic "first" and a sharp break from the policies of George W. Bush. The voters didn't fall in love him because of his experience (beyond his ability to campaign). They fell in love with the idea of him. Four years and $4 trillion later, it should be glaringly apparent that Barack Obama was right when he recently described himself as "eye candy." Eye candy is nice to look at--but often not so nice to live with. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Angst-grows-in-Hope-ville/367280245704414811.htmlLaura2012-10-10T11:24:00ZLatest spin--Romney won debate because he's a moderateLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Latest-spin--Romney-won-debate-because-hes-a-moderate/212227785732007009.html2012-10-08T00:52:00Z2012-10-08T00:52:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_21707566/david-brooks-moderate-mitt-returns" target="_blank">David Brooks</a>, not surprisingly, believes that Mitt Romney finally found his mo-jo at the last debate because he found his inner moderate! Brooks' problem is that he believes the stereotypes about the Tea Party that Obama and his supporters have fostered. He claims that Tea Partiers are "pitchfork-wielding populists who want to raze Washington," that they are "individualistic social Darwinists," that they want to "eviscerate government and rail{} about government dependency," that they are "unthinking deregulators," and that they are "lackey{s} to the rich." None of these descriptions is accurate. Instead they are all wild exaggerations that do not fairly capture the views of people like Marco Rubio, Scott Walker, Paul Ryan, and other conservatives. <br /><br /> The proof that Brooks is wrong about conservatives can be seen in the fact that conservatives were supportive of Romney's performance. If we are the crazy people that Brooks describes, why didn't we go crazy Wednesday night? Well, says Brooks, Romney "broke the spell," -- as if conservatives were under some sort of curse. He has to rely on this type of fairy-tale imagery, because in the real world conservatives have never been as radical as he describes them. Conservatives were generally very supportive of G.W. Bush's efforts to promote the sort of "compassionate" policies that people like Brooks want -- even though we were skeptical of the likely outcome (and we were right, by the way). Conservatives celebrated the election of Scott Brown, even though he is a moderate. And conservatives supported John McCain and Mitt Romney after they were nominated -- even though they are both moderates. <br /><br /> The true fanatics here are not the conservatives -- who realize that they hold a minority position in the country and who are willing to make significant concessions to build a winning coalition with moderates. The true fanatics are people like Brooks who are unwilling to fairly and accurately describe the Tea Partiers, and who must instead resort to the type of unfair and inaccurate ad hominem attacks that are the basis for his argument. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Latest-spin--Romney-won-debate-because-hes-a-moderate/212227785732007009.htmlLaura2012-10-08T00:52:00ZUsing the Navy SEALS to help ObamaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Using-the-Navy-SEALS-to-help-Obama/229393979316877573.html2012-10-05T11:37:00Z2012-10-05T11:37:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Well-connected Hollywood friends of Barack Obama will do anything to ensure his reelection--including releasing a pro-Obama film intended to spike voter turnout. Obama doesn't have to crow about his "gutsy call" to send in our Special Forces to kill bin Laden. Harvey Weinstein will--two days before the November 6th presidential election. (But the timing is purely coincidential!) <br /><br /> When will Hollywood do the Benghazi film about the botched handling of the intel leading deaths of four patriotic Americans? Don't hold your breath--unless that were to happen again under a Republican president. <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/10/05/film-dramaticizing-bin-laden-raid-slated-to-air-two-days-before-november/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher#ixzz28PldPcSQ" target="_blank">Read the Fox News story</a>: <br /><br />
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<div class="indent">Seal Team Six: The Raid on Usama bin Laden," from The Weinstein Co. and Voltage Pictures, will air Sunday, Nov. 4, the channel said Thursday. President Barack Obama faces Republican challenger Mitt Romney at the polls two days later. <br /><br /> Weinstein co-chairman Harvey Weinstein is a prominent fundraiser for Obama's re-election campaign, which has touted bin Laden's death as an example of the president's leadership. <br /><br /> National Geographic Channel chose the film's debut date to help promote the start of its fall season, channel President Howard T. Owens said Thursday. <br /><br /> "Harvey obviously doesn't schedule our network," Owens said. He added that the channel is "not political. We are opportunistic from a programming perspective." <br /><br /> National Geographic Channel did take into account Weinstein's desire to get out ahead of a competitive movie about the U.S. Navy SEALs' hunt for the al-Qaida leader, Owens said.</div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Using-the-Navy-SEALS-to-help-Obama/229393979316877573.htmlLaura2012-10-05T11:37:00ZThe Audacity of Merit -- Mitt becomes likeableLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Audacity-of-Merit----Mitt-becomes-likeable/-882273767631434393.html2012-10-04T14:17:00Z2012-10-04T14:17:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The faces at the anchor desk at MSNBC told the story on Wednesday night. The grandeur, the newness, the coolness of the 2008 Barack Obama was gone at this president debate. The "razzle dazzle" that had served him so well during the 2008 campaign was no where to be seen. Mitt Romney was in control of the stage from beginning to end. He mastered the facts. He knew every point and counterpoint. He was ready to anticipate every Democrat talking point and debunk it. What we saw at the rumble in Denver was the man who successfully led one of the most successful private equity firms in the world--he is really really smart. Watching the two together it should be obvious to most independent, open-minded voters that there is really only one choice here. If you had to get financial advice from one of the two men standing on stage last night, you would choose Mitt Romney. Beyond Romney's demeanor--his smiling, good-natured approach was extremely attractive--was his substantive command of facts, economics and history. In the end, the people want a leader who cares enough of them that he doesn't think debates are beneath his dignity, one who will work hard for them, not hard at winning the approval (and campaign donations) of well-heeled celebrities. Romney should that brains and common-sense make a man, a candidate very very likeable. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Audacity-of-Merit----Mitt-becomes-likeable/-882273767631434393.htmlLaura2012-10-04T14:17:00ZRomney's Dangerous Game of Playing It SafeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romneys-Dangerous-Game-of-Playing-It-Safe/614176975551616947.html2012-10-03T11:25:00Z2012-10-03T11:25:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Since Rick Santorum dropped out of the presidential race, my listeners have heard me repeatedly ask, "Where's Romney?" He was raising money, I was told. Word was the Romney campaign wasn't interested in offering alternatives in response to every piece of bad economic news out there. Romney would be "introduced" at the RNC. The ads are coming in the fall. And of course Romney's schedule was too hectic for him to join me on the radio. Now <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444592404578030753451046618.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop" target="_blank">the WSJ says</a> the approach is dangerous. Maybe Romney will listen to them. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romneys-Dangerous-Game-of-Playing-It-Safe/614176975551616947.htmlLaura2012-10-03T11:25:00ZMitt Fodder: Intelligence boondoggles at home and abroadLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mitt-Fodder:-Intelligence-boondoggles-at-home-and-abroad/-51443844290485505.html2012-10-03T11:22:00Z2012-10-03T11:22:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20121003/DA1LTPN80.html" target="_blank">A new report exposing mismanagement</a>, waste and abuse in an intel sharing program set up in the aftermath of 9/11 is yet another example of government gone awry. Mitt Romney should hold both parties accountable for taking so long to bring this to light. The fact that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano didn't bother doing her own thorough assessment, however, shouldn't be surprising. After all, she has been busy trying to figure out how to give as many illegal immigrants "deportation reprieves" as possible before the election. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mitt-Fodder:-Intelligence-boondoggles-at-home-and-abroad/-51443844290485505.htmlLaura2012-10-03T11:22:00ZHow Romney can channel ReaganLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/How-Romney-can-channel-Reagan/-23448148076611880.html2012-10-02T11:56:00Z2012-10-02T11:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>From the "Gipper's" 1980 acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention: <br /><br /> "Never before in our history have Americans been called upon to face three grave threats to our very existence, any one of which could destroy us. We face a disintegrating economy, a weakened defense and an energy policy based on the sharing of scarcity. <br /><br /> <strong>"The major issue of this campaign is the direct political, personal and moral responsibility of Democratic Party leadership--in the White House and in Congress--for this unprecedented calamity which has befallen us.</strong> They tell us they have done the most that humanly could be done. They say that the United States has had its day in the sun; that our nation has passed its zenith. They expect you to tell your children that the American people no longer have the will to cope with their problems; that the future will be one of sacrifice and few opportunities. <br /><br /> "My fellow citizens, I utterly reject that view. The American people, the most generous on earth, who created the highest standard of living, are not going to accept the notion that we can only make a better world for others by moving backwards ourselves. Those who believe we can have no business leading the nation. <br /><br /> "I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose. We have come together here because the American people deserve better from those to whom they entrust our nation's highest offices, and we stand united in our resolve to do something about it." <br /><br /> That should have been and still should be MItt Romney's theme: The major issue in this campaign is President Obama's direct responsibility for the failures of the last four years. <br /><br /> And then, when Obama tried to blame Bush, Romney says: "I'm not Bush, and I won't be following Bush's policies. I can understand the President's effort to blame others for his failures, but all he's really doing is admitting that he cannot solve the problems he was elected to address. I can solve those problems, and I will do so." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/How-Romney-can-channel-Reagan/-23448148076611880.htmlLaura2012-10-02T11:56:00ZLockheed Martin bows to WH pressure re. lay-offsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lockheed-Martin-bows-to-WH-pressure-re.-lay-offs/174526144398393146.html2012-10-02T11:35:00Z2012-10-02T11:35:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>There are many election year powers and ploys that an incumbent president has, but dictating the workforce management decisions of private companies is something we expect to happen in Venezuela or China, not in the U.S. Welcome to People's Republic of Obama, where if your company's plans to downsize become a PR problem for the Obama Central Planning Committee, you will be brought to heel one way or another. This is truly frightening to anyone who cares about economic liberty and capitalism. The upcoming "sequester" that President Obama will preside over will mean that our military and the private industry will suffer devastating cutbacks. Yet of course that could hurt Obama's reelection bid, exposing the failed record of a failed leader, so <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/politics/t/blogEntry?id=17371171" target="_blank">Team Obama delivers a not-so-subtle message to Lockheed Martin</a>--lay off the lay-offs, at least before November 6. The president can't stall the inevitable forever. Mitt Romney should hammer this market manipulation in ads and at the debate. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lockheed-Martin-bows-to-WH-pressure-re.-lay-offs/174526144398393146.htmlLaura2012-10-02T11:35:00ZMemo to Romney: Edge away from Bush, toward a more pragmatic conservatismLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Memo-to-Romney:-Edge-away-from-Bush,-toward-a-more-pragmatic-conservatism/525007608023930109.html2012-09-28T20:25:00Z2012-09-28T20:25:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>For many months I have urged Republicans, and Mitt Romney in particular, to admit that the Bush Administration made critical errors in deficit spending that continue to make life exceedingly difficult for the American people. As polls conclusively demonstrate, most people think that the economy was lousy when Obama came into office and (rightly) acknowledge that the unraveling occurred during the Bush years. These folks aren't really interested in left-right finger-pointing--they want results. This is where Romney can deliver. By putting some distance between "Bush Republicans" and himself, he would intrigue disgruntled libertarians AND tea party types he needs to work the phones and knock on doors before election day. Consider what the editors at <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/328610/out-bushes-editors" target="_blank">National Review</a> just posted: <br /><br /><br />
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<div class="indent">What Romney has not done is address the major problem he has in making the case: the shadow of the George W. Bush years. Americans are more likely to blame Bush for the financial crisis that started on his watch than to blame Obama for the slow recovery from it. And even before the financial crisis, the last period of Republican governance was not especially good for America&rsquo;s middle class. Wages were flat for people in the middle of the income spectrum even when the economy was growing. <br /><br /> The Romney campaign acknowledges that the crisis began before Obama took office, but it has next to nothing to say about what Bush-era Republicans got wrong. The result is that Romney appears to be saying that everything was going swimmingly until Obama came along. That impression lends credence to Obama&rsquo;s attempt to portray Romney as running for Bush&rsquo;s third term. Romney&rsquo;s silence about the errors of the Bush years is, on the other hand, understandable, since many Republicans continue to hold Bush in high esteem as a good man who tried to do a lot of good things. Since most Americans consider Bush a failure, Romney cannot embrace him either. So Bush has been an awkward non-presence in the campaign: the man who was not there. <br /><br /> Instead of an explicit repudiation or an embrace, Romney needs to move beyond the controversies of the Bush era. To do that, he has to alter his critique of Obama. What Romney should say is that our country has problems that have been building since long before Obama took office, and that what&rsquo;s wrong with Obama is that he has either left them unaddressed or made them worse. The country&rsquo;s looming debt crisis, its dysfunctional health-care system, and its irrational tax code are three of them. Romney will take on those challenges head-on. Those are the ideas he has been running on, after all.</div>
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</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Memo-to-Romney:-Edge-away-from-Bush,-toward-a-more-pragmatic-conservatism/525007608023930109.htmlLaura2012-09-28T20:25:00ZObummer Economy Update: More high-skilled low-wage workersLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obummer-Economy-Update:-More-high-skilled-low-wage-workers/314681476080705859.html2012-09-26T16:24:00Z2012-09-26T16:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>When Steve Kroft interviewed Barack Obama on CBS's "60 Minutes" on Sunday, he asked whether the President took responsibility for the high rate of unemployment. The President did the usual bob and weave, recited the same talking points about 4 million jobs created. Of course that statistic is meaningless because it doesn't take into account the types of jobs that have been created or how the overall number compares to the overall number of U.S. jobs lost (8.75 million since the start of the recession). Over the past 3 1/2 years, there has been a net job loss under President Obama of 473,000 jobs. And remember the Obama "recovery" in terms of job creation has primarily consisted of "low-paying jobs" (such as in food preparation and serving), according to the data provided by the U.S. Labor Dept. "In the last recovery, we were adding management jobs at this point, and this time it's disappointing," said Paul Ashworth, an economist at Capital Economics. In an interview with Bloomberg, he continued: "The very best jobs, we're still losing those." Often times, highly educated and highly-skilled workers are forced to accept jobs with lower pay and benefits because there is nothing else available. This "private sector job creation" that President Obama crows about on the campaign trail, doesn't mean that most folks feel upwardly mobile, with more money in their pockets to spend (and thus drive the economy). This "underemployment" phenomenon is readily apparent <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/15379932-761/low-wage-work-force-grows-30-as-the-number-of-jobs-shrinks.html" target="_blank">in the President's hometown Chicago</a>, where I imagine a lot of people feel like working a 30-hour part-time job at Shoney's isn't the "Hope" they had in mind back in 2008. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obummer-Economy-Update:-More-high-skilled-low-wage-workers/314681476080705859.htmlLaura2012-09-26T16:24:00ZOoooh! Obama gives White House Brew to The ViewLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ooooh!--Obama-gives-White-House-Brew-to-The-View/665588142968779745.html2012-09-25T14:44:00Z2012-09-25T14:44:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Barack Obama propelled himself into the White House in 2008 with a perpetual "razzle dazzle" campaign. The fact that he had no foreign policy or free market experience was dismissed as unimportant. After all, he was so cool dancing with Ellen DeGeneres! Oprah loved him! But there are now signs that it's all wearing very thin. Obama was in New York for the UN, couldn't find time for a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister but he did find a full hour to devote to the gals at <a href="http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2012/09/homebrew-on-view-president-obama-gifts.html" target="_blank">ABC's The View</a>. He even delivered a case of the White House "home brew" -- he's now the official U.S. government Beer Man, but what we need is a real man who delivers real results for the American people. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ooooh!--Obama-gives-White-House-Brew-to-The-View/665588142968779745.htmlLaura2012-09-25T14:44:00ZVote early: Skip the lines, maybe the debates, tooLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Vote-early:-Skip-the-lines,-maybe-the-debates,-too/519417066119087633.html2012-09-24T11:29:00Z2012-09-24T11:29:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Team Obama wants to rush people to <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120924/DA1G0MK02.html" target="_blank">vote early</a> before a single debate happens. What happened to early voting should be the exception, not the rule? Military folks, the disabled, of course, have a special need. But somehow my parents managed to get themselves to the polls every election year and things seemed to work. We are dumbing down everything--even what our civic duty. Why would the Obama campaign be so keen on pushing super early voting? Because they know the record of the past four years is a house of cards that could come tumbling down at any minute. Ignorance is bliss--and a vote for the status quo of decline. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Vote-early:-Skip-the-lines,-maybe-the-debates,-too/519417066119087633.htmlLaura2012-09-24T11:29:00ZUnder Obama, the truth comes slowly from BenghaziLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Under-Obama,-the-truth-comes-slowly-from-Benghazi/-267269182125737475.html2012-09-24T11:26:00Z2012-09-24T11:26:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/22/world/africa/libya-ambassador-journal/index.html" target="_blank">This story</a> keeps getting worse. How is it that our compound in Libya was "largely unsecured" three days after the September 11 attack? The State Dept is mad at CNN for revealing partial contents of handwritten notes regarding ongoing danger in Libya, written by late Libyan Ambassador Chris Stevens. But do we honestly think that had CNN not reported on this, Obama's diplomatic amateurs would? Stevens was actually very concerned about his safety and Islamic extremism--and these concerns should be part of the history written about this terrorist attack. Did Stevens make his superiors in Washington aware of these worries? Did he ask for a beefed up security presence? We should know these answers before--not after-- the election. But don't hold your breath. The Administration is more worried about covering its tracks than getting the truth out. Despicable. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Under-Obama,-the-truth-comes-slowly-from-Benghazi/-267269182125737475.htmlLaura2012-09-24T11:26:00ZAnn Romney, we love ya, but the problem isn't Mitt's GOP criticsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ann-Romney,-we-love-ya,-but-the-problem-isnt-Mitts-GOP-critics/-381588083820425648.html2012-09-21T17:35:00Z2012-09-21T17:35:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Exasperation is starting to show in the Romney camp. In an interview Thursday with Radio Iowa, Ann Romney fired back at GOP writers and commentators such as myself who have urged her husband's campaign to be more aggressive and offer a detailed road map for America's economic renewal. Many of us have called for campaign chief Stu Stevens to step aside, in the face of what has been consistently poor polling in swing states since the RNC. "Stop it," she said curtly. &ldquo;This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring.&rdquo; <br /><br /> While I certainly understand Ann's defending her husband, she should know that we want him to win, too. We're giving sound, honest assessments and advice to him free--take it or leave it. Her irritation is better directed at the high-paid consultants and senior staffers who thought Mitt's taking an extended break in the summer was a good idea. Or at those who think doing an event with Chicago families during the strike was too risky. Or at those who told Romney and Ryan to steer clear of campaign trail hits on Obama's Libya missteps and misrepresentations. <br /><br /> We know it's hard to campaign. We know it's brutal out there. But what did they expect was going to happen when even Fox News polls show Mitt facing major head winds? That all of us who care so much about replacing Obama and stopping our fiscal slide would just remain silent? We're supposed to cheerlead all the way to defeat? When should we voice concern or offer advice? After the election? Ann Romney's been a huge asset for her husband, and by all accounts a delightful person. But Republican critics aren't the problem. The best way to silence the critics isn't to snipe at them, it's to start performing and start beating Obama in battleground state polls. But for now, there is a sinking sense among Republicans that Team Romney has its head in the sand, and will stick to its current "strategy" come hell or high water. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ann-Romney,-we-love-ya,-but-the-problem-isnt-Mitts-GOP-critics/-381588083820425648.htmlLaura2012-09-21T17:35:00ZObama anti-terror progress? Al-Qaeda in Libya--a growing threatLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-anti-terror-progress-Al-Qaeda-in-Libya--a-growing-threat/737294576852952487.html2012-09-20T12:53:00Z2012-09-20T12:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>There's an obvious political reason behind the Obama Administration's initial insistence that the deadly Libyan assault was "spontaneous" and that there was no "credible threat" beforehand. The Obama campaign wants voters to believe that killing bin Laden was the the death knell for global terror against the U.S. We have been sold the Obama "gutsy call" narrative since May 2011 when OBL was nailed by SEAL Team Six. Today we see that anti-terror policy-by-drone only gets us so far. It is likely that sometime next year, we'll learn that the Obama intel team blew it in Benghazi. Al Qaeda sees an America anxious to placate and appease Islamists who want to shut down free speech to protect the image of Muhammed. Undoubtedly, jihadis are emboldened because they see our foreign policy as backward- rather than forward-leaning; they see a president who is uncomfortable leading because he is at heart uncomfortable with the idea (and always has been) of America as the world's dominant super power. So don't hold your breath if you're waiting for a candid assessment from Team Obama about the <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/ex-gitmo-detainee-implicated-consulate-attack_652751.html" target="_blank">real threat posed by al Qaeda's far-flung affiliates</a>. That would truly be "gutsy." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-anti-terror-progress-Al-Qaeda-in-Libya--a-growing-threat/737294576852952487.htmlLaura2012-09-20T12:53:00ZMitt the problem solver--this time give them real hopeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mitt-the-problem-solver--this-time-give-them-real-hope/-395634709094025791.html2012-09-20T12:29:00Z2012-09-20T12:29:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I know many are thinking this is over. Today Mike Allen of Politico said that Romney's toast if he doesn't close the gap on the question "does he connect with ordinary Americans?" Others are calling the game before the end of the last half. I'm not going to make too much of a Romney-Tim Tebow comparison, but you know what the critics said about the former Florida QB in Denver. He just wasn't good enough to play on the national stage and win. But in the end, Tebow pulled out impressive late game victories. Romney needs to dig deep and start performing, knowing many of his detractors desperately want him to lose in order to validate themselves. This means for all those Americans who think life always has to be a struggle, Romney has to deliver a message of REAL hope, specific solutions. Reassure them not by going on silly entertainment shows, but by playing to win, making the case that you deserve the starting position. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/20/us/politics/struggling-young-adults-pose-challenge-for-campaigns.html?_r=1&amp;partner=MYWAY&amp;ei=5065" target="_blank">This NYT story</a> about under-employed and forgotten young adults presents another opportunity for Romney--a man with a demonstrated track record of creating opportunity, building wealth. No, no Mark Sanchez/Obama comparisons here! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mitt-the-problem-solver--this-time-give-them-real-hope/-395634709094025791.htmlLaura2012-09-20T12:29:00ZTime for an InterventionLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Time-for-an-Intervention/-621682102401501414.html2012-09-19T11:45:00Z2012-09-19T11:45:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Peggy Noonan and I don't agree on everything but we are in complete agreement that the <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/peggynoonan/2012/09/18/time-for-an-intervention/" target="_blank">Romney campaign is dysfunctional</a> and often incompetent. It must be turned around and quickly. This might help: Mitt Romney should pretend we are all a group of potential investors in Bain. We are more sophisticated than your political consultants think. Explain to us why your investment strategy is right, how the Company A, B and C which your team has invested in will succeed. Mitt, you have done this countless times in your career--do it again. Help us, the ultimate "investors" in America will see a positive return if we choose to go with you and your team. When you do that, you'll start to see investors (voters) "like" you a lot. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Time-for-an-Intervention/-621682102401501414.htmlLaura2012-09-19T11:45:00ZRomney framing the race--finallyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-framing-the-race--finally/-194278941678653062.html2012-09-18T11:39:00Z2012-09-18T11:39:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>The boys in Boston have released a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkvN7GCcTVk&amp;feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">new ad</a>, and it's the "framing" type we've been waiting for. &nbsp; The Romney campaign (finally) abandons its defensive crouch to set the narrative in this campaign.&nbsp; Take that, Planned Parenthood, Tim Geithner and the entire Obama "economic" team.&nbsp; The true "warriors on women" are those who dine out on abortion rights but fail to back policies that spur economic growth to help ALL women who want a better life. We should have seen these ads in early summer, which would have helped paint the Democrat National Convention as a radical, out of touch farce, but I'll take it.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-framing-the-race--finally/-194278941678653062.htmlLaura2012-09-18T11:39:00ZThe WSJ hammers Mitt on one his best pointsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-WSJ-hammers-Mitt-on-one-his-best-points/263075278377997804.html2012-09-17T15:32:00Z2012-09-17T15:32:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/hillary-celebrates-end-ramadan-state-department-libyan-ambassador-0" target="_blank"></a>
<p>I can remember when they used to make arguments about how trade with China was going to make us richer.&nbsp; Now they're reduced to making political claims about how protectionism doesn't win presidential elections.&nbsp; I don't trust their political judgment any more than I trust their economic judgment.</p>
<p>I have never understood why the WSJ believes it's a good thing for China to benefit from mercantilism.&nbsp; You would think they would realize that the sooner we stand up to China, the sooner we are likely to get true market competition between our two countries.&nbsp; Once again, the WSJ is the one arguing for protectionism -- they are doing everything they can to help China's protectionist policies remain in place.&nbsp; Romney is taking the true free-market line.</p>
<p>And it's really silly to claim that the steel tariffs hurt the Doha Round.&nbsp; There wouldn't have been a Doha Round unless Bush got fast-track authority, and he wouldn't have gotten fast-track authority without the steel tariffs.&nbsp; The Doha Round failed in large part because the enormous and apparently never-ending trade deficits have made new trade agreements extremely unpopular in the United States.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-WSJ-hammers-Mitt-on-one-his-best-points/263075278377997804.htmlLaura2012-09-17T15:32:00ZHillary celebrates end of Ramadan at State Dept w/ Libyan AmbassadorLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hillary-celebrates-end-of-Ramadan-at-State-Dept-w/-Libyan-Ambassador/-748277549762781171.html2012-09-17T12:37:00Z2012-09-17T12:37:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/hillary-celebrates-end-ramadan-state-department-libyan-ambassador-0" target="_blank">They will definitely start liking us now!</a> It's worth noting that aside from our spending our military's blood and the taxpayers' treasure in the fight for our own security and theirs, we've bent over backwards in the Middle East under both George W. Bush and Barack Obama to try to convince the world that our motives and intentions are pure. It hasn't worked. Instead, they see us as weak, and they respect us less. For decades we've had White House Eid and Ramadan proclamations, high-level inter faith dialog, all designed to show the global community we're not Islamophobic. The photos of American Marines rushing Iraqi children to hospitals or pregnant Sunni women to US medical facilities should really tell the story. Anyone who tries to breach our embassy security should know he is writing his own death warrant. Today at most they may think they'll be criminally prosecuted. This is a joke. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hillary-celebrates-end-of-Ramadan-at-State-Dept-w/-Libyan-Ambassador/-748277549762781171.htmlLaura2012-09-17T12:37:00ZRyan Unleashed: Just about everyone is worse off under ObamaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ryan-Unleashed:-Just-about-everyone-is-worse-off-under-Obama/559006141596725647.html2012-09-14T16:17:00Z2012-09-14T16:17:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Excellent--it's about time that the Romney campaign let <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/ryan-unleased-just-about-everyone-is-worse-off-un" target="_blank">VP candidate Paul Ryan</a> loose to make the aggressive case for economic growth and against Obama's dereliction of duty in foreign policy. Yes, Romney's down in the swing states, but there remains a huge opportunity for him to refocus this election narrative to what concerns all Americans--jobs and the economy. In this sprint to November 6, it should be all hands on deck for the Romney campaign--especially since the MSM is already trying to declare this election over, Romney needs all the help he can get. More passion, more solutions and more seriousness is needed on all fronts. And once in a while, in a Reaganesque (not angry) fashion, call out the media when it is doing Obama's bidding. When he's asked about whether dinner at his house is "as fun as with the Obama's," he should channel Newt Gingrich, who did this brilliantly during the primaries (and received an overwhelmingly positive response). <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ryan-Unleashed:-Just-about-everyone-is-worse-off-under-Obama/559006141596725647.htmlLaura2012-09-14T16:17:00ZUS Gets No RespectLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/US-Gets-No-Respect/258367991144811002.html2012-09-14T11:28:00Z2012-09-14T11:28:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Our family wealth down at 1995 levels. Our real unemployment is at about 17 percent. Gas soared 13.6 percent in a month. Food pricing soaring. So our recovery is worse than our recession. Add to this the fact that we have consistently let global bodies such as the UN lead as we dither in foreign affairs, and you have an <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/us_gets_no_respect_XODawJfJvXccOGGkkp72GM?utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_content=International" target="_blank">America in declining respect</a> and authority. Of course China naval vessels are on the move and Japan is worried. Of course Russia will block any serious action to stop the bloodshed in Syria. Who's going to stand for American interests when we're out of money and our leader is perpetually out campaigning? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/US-Gets-No-Respect/258367991144811002.htmlLaura2012-09-14T11:28:00ZRomney (finally) abandons Mr. Nice GuyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-finally-abandons-Mr.-Nice-Guy/173988626196002719.html2012-09-12T12:55:00Z2012-09-12T12:55:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>The surest sign that Mitt Romney is doing the right thing is when all panelists on MSNBC's Morning Joe attack him.&nbsp; Such was the case Wednesday morning, when everyone from "Republican" Mark McKinnon to host Willie Geist expressed shock that Romney would move to criticize the Administration's response to the deadly Islamist attacks.&nbsp; Suddenly they are dismayed by politicians who react politically! When Obama switched his position on gay marriage, when he granted immigration reprieves to illegals, when he came out to "defend" Sandra Fluke...the most blatantly political acts of the six months--the dinosaur media cheered the president's "evolution" and "courage." Message to Mitt: Keep swinging, keep 'em on the defensive, frame Obama's presidency clearly.&nbsp; We alienate our allies and empathize with our enemies.&nbsp; Foreign policy by drone strikes is not enough.</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-finally-abandons-Mr.-Nice-Guy/173988626196002719.htmlLaura2012-09-12T12:55:00ZObama's amnesty fast track for "young illegals"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-amnesty-fast-track-for-young-illegals/364196224606143709.html2012-09-12T12:45:00Z2012-09-12T12:45:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>With the break-neck pace of Homeland Security's processing of illegal aliens under 30, we see that when the Obama Administration wants to get something done, it can act quickly. The president may not be able to muster a single vote for his budgets or find time to get both parties together to hammer out a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, but he sure does know how to move expeditiously when to do so gets his Party one step closer from forever altering the country's demographic and political makeup. The "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/12/us/program-offering-immigrants-reprieve-is-off-to-quick-start.html?partner=MYWAY&amp;ei=5065" target="_blank">deportation reprieve</a>" that he enacted by executive fiat is another Obama giveaway--this time the goodies offered makes a mockery of the rule of law and compromises American sovereignty for future Democrat votes. Disgusting. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-amnesty-fast-track-for-young-illegals/364196224606143709.htmlLaura2012-09-12T12:45:00ZGreedy Chicago unions give gift to RomneyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Greedy-Chicago-unions-give-gift-to-Romney/-858475876217755420.html2012-09-11T02:42:00Z2012-09-11T02:42:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>When Barack Obama is silent on the <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/15064134-761/teachers-strike-leaves-parents-scrambling-as-long-as-theyre-on-strike-i-cant-work-either.html" target="_blank">Chicago teachers' union strike</a>, Mitt Romney is left with a huge opportunity. Barack Obama makes public pronouncements on Trayvon Martin &amp; Sandra Fluke because he believes he gains political advantage by doing so. With his chums in the Chicago union getting bad PR because with 400,000 kids out of school, suddenly the president is going to stay above the fray? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Greedy-Chicago-unions-give-gift-to-Romney/-858475876217755420.htmlLaura2012-09-11T02:42:00ZL.A. to consider flexible library cards for illegal aliensLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/L.A.-to-consider-flexible-library-cards-for-illegal-aliens/52318369537561240.html2012-09-11T02:35:00Z2012-09-11T02:35:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>California is sinking in debt, small businesses struggling in the choking weeds of regulation--and how does the biggest city in the state respond? Make it easier for illegals to use the infrastructure and live in the state indefinitely! <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-library-atm-cards-20120911,0,405919.story" target="_blank">If Latino activists have their way</a>, they'll be allowed to use a library card to open a bank account and more. How long before that library card will allow them to vote? It's coming. Then the GOP might as well shutter operations. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/L.A.-to-consider-flexible-library-cards-for-illegal-aliens/52318369537561240.htmlLaura2012-09-11T02:35:00ZAnother immigration sob story...deportees preyed upon by gangsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-immigration-sob-story...deportees-preyed-upon-by-gangs/37245764277473111.html2012-09-10T01:49:00Z2012-09-10T01:49:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>News flash: It isn't our fault when those who break our laws are sent back home and confront terrible conditions. But of course the <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-deportee-danger-20120909,0,3634417.story" target="_blank">LATimes</a> thinks so. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-immigration-sob-story...deportees-preyed-upon-by-gangs/37245764277473111.htmlLaura2012-09-10T01:49:00ZBear hugs and the great Obama deflectionLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bear-hugs-and-the-great-Obama-deflection/148501103957769740.html2012-09-10T01:44:00Z2012-09-10T01:44:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I would be stunned if Team Obama hadn't planned this out. With Secret Service there, <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-obama-bear-hugs-medicare-20120909,0,7758618.story" target="_blank">a business owner in Florida</a> is allowed to lift the president off the ground? The 250-pound man could have broken his back or neck. I almost hope it was planned. Another clever way of the Obama campaign to deflect attention from the economy, to the simple question--which man is more relatable? Think about it, can you imagine anyone outside Romney's immediate family feeling so strongly about him that they physically lift him off the ground? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bear-hugs-and-the-great-Obama-deflection/148501103957769740.htmlLaura2012-09-10T01:44:00ZThe Cardinal calls out the Party of DeathLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Cardinal-calls-out-the-Party-of-Death/417550407014864750.html2012-09-07T16:47:00Z2012-09-07T16:47:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>The final event of the DNC ended up being almost a total refutation of it. &nbsp;The benediction by <span class="st">Cardinal Timothy Dolan</span> was powerful and moving but&nbsp;aired only on Fox and CSPAN. &nbsp;In a week where we heard endless speeches celebrating abortion "rights" and government-mandated contraception,&nbsp;it was jarring to hear such an unwavering call to protect the sanctity of life and the God's moral framework. &nbsp;Who knows if a single DNC delegate had his mind changed last night because of this prayer, but we can always hope. &nbsp;</p>
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<p><br /> Almighty God, father of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, revealed to us so powerfully in your Son, Jesus Christ, we thank you for showering your blessings upon this our beloved nation. Bless all here present, and all across this great land, who work hard for the day when a greater portion of your justice, and a more ample measure of your care for the poor and suffering, may prevail in these United States. Help us to see that a society&rsquo;s greatness is found above all in the respect it shows for the weakest and neediest among us.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> We beseech you, almighty God to shed your grace on this noble experiment in ordered liberty, which began with the confident assertion of inalienable rights bestowed upon us by you: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Thus do we praise you for the gift of life. Grant us the courage to defend it, life, without which no other rights are secure. We ask your benediction on those waiting to be born, that they may be welcomed and protected. Strengthen our sick and our elders waiting to see your holy face at life&rsquo;s end, that they may be accompanied by true compassion and cherished with the dignity due those who are infirm and fragile.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> We praise and thank you for the gift of liberty. May this land of the free never lack those brave enough to defend our basic freedoms. Renew in all our people a profound respect for religious liberty: the first, most cherished freedom bequeathed upon us at our Founding. May our liberty be in harmony with truth; freedom ordered in goodness and justice. Help us live our freedom in faith, hope, and love. Make us ever-grateful for those who, for over two centuries, have given their lives in freedom&rsquo;s defense; we commend their noble souls to your eternal care, as even now we beg the protection of your mighty arm upon our men and women in uniform.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> We praise and thank you for granting us the life and the liberty by which we can pursue happiness. Show us anew that happiness is found only in respecting the laws of nature and of nature&rsquo;s God. Empower us with your grace so that we might resist the temptation to replace the moral law with idols of our own making, or to remake those institutions you have given us for the nurturing of life and community. May we welcome those who yearn to breathe free and to pursue happiness in this land of freedom, adding their gifts to those whose families have lived here for centuries.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> We praise and thank you for the American genius of government of the people, by the people and for the people. Oh God of wisdom, justice, and might, we ask your guidance for those who govern us: President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, Congress, the Supreme Court, and all those, including Governor Mitt Romney and Congressman Paul Ryan, who seek to serve the common good by seeking public office. Make them all worthy to serve you by serving our country. Help them remember that the only just government is the government that serves its citizens rather than itself. With your grace, may all Americans choose wisely as we consider the future course of public policy.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> And finally Lord, we beseech your benediction on all of us who depart from here this evening, and on all those, in every land, who yearn to conduct their lives in freedom and justice. We beg you to remember, as we pledge to remember, those who are not free; those who suffer for freedom&rsquo;s cause; those who are poor, out of work, needy, sick, or alone; those who are persecuted for their religious convictions, those still ravaged by war.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> And most of all, God Almighty, we thank you for the great gift of our beloved country.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> For we are indeed &ldquo;one nation under God,&rdquo; and &ldquo;in God we trust.&rdquo;&nbsp;<br /> <br /> So dear God, bless America. You who live and reign forever and ever.&nbsp;<br /> <br /> Amen.</p>
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The NASDAQ may be humming but most of the middle class is bumming. <a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/scottrasmussen/2012/09/07/despite_convention_distractions_its_still_all_about_the_economy" target="_blank">The new Rasmussen surveys</a> seem to indicate that, as we always suspected, the "razzle dazzle" only gets you so far. Rick Grenell put it well last night in a late night tweet: "You can get elected on hope, but you can't get reelected on hope." Nothing in the president's speech demonstrated that he learned much of anything in his first term. That is both disturbing and speaks to either Mr. Obama's arrogance or ignorance. The more sinister explanation I'll leave to another day. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rasmussens-right,-convention-hoopla-aside,-its-still-the-economy/-746893974025676607.htmlLaura2012-09-07T12:59:00ZObama v. the middle class (cont'd) as he implements cap & tradeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-v.-the-middle-class-contd-as-he-implements-cap--trade/-546776004698520516.html2012-09-06T12:45:00Z2012-09-06T12:45:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>All the Bubba and Michelle tributes to President Obama's talents notwithstanding, the there is no hiding the fact that the White House is waging a regulatory crusade against American business. Team Obama is furiously undermining the pillars of this economy--traditional notions of self-reliance and traditional sources of energy. <a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/e2-wire/e2-wire/247697-obama-epa-actions-make-cap-and-trade-more-likely" target="_blank">Now we find out</a> that the EPA is working to implement the carbon tax affectionately known as "cap &amp; trade." A great piece in The Hill tells the story--we should rename the process as "kneecap &amp; charade." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-v.-the-middle-class-contd-as-he-implements-cap--trade/-546776004698520516.htmlLaura2012-09-06T12:45:00ZFluke argued for sex-change insurance mandate in 2011Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fluke-argued-for-sex-change-insurance-mandate-in-2011/-287886422476503900.html2012-09-06T11:22:00Z2012-09-06T11:22:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/06/us-usa-campaign-fluke-idUSBRE88506F20120906" target="_blank">This is just a small example</a> of how out of touch the dinosaur media are with most American women. The idea that aborting and contracepting are somehow the keys to women's health and happiness would be hilarious if it weren't so sad. Sandra Fluke was plucked out of obscurity to be the political mouthpiece for an increasingly radical Democratic party. The DNC platform treats children as a liability until it uses them as political pawns in the game of Expand-A-Government. But the press is not going to call the Dems on this--they can't because entire media establishment is overwhelmingly complicit in this cynical and twisted fraud. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fluke-argued-for-sex-change-insurance-mandate-in-2011/-287886422476503900.htmlLaura2012-09-06T11:22:00ZFluke argued for sex-change insurance mandate in 2011Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fluke-argued-for-sex-change-insurance-mandate-in-2011/899998242555279611.html2012-09-05T11:23:00Z2012-09-05T11:23:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>A-ha! We knew it. We knew they would never stop at free birth control. You wondered what else in a second Obama term they would demand for "free"? So now it should be <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/09/05/in-2011-sandra-fluke-argued-for-sex-change-operation-insurance-mandate/" target="_blank">government as sex-change provider</a>. Someone should ask President Obama whether he agrees with his acolyte Fluke here. God help us. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fluke-argued-for-sex-change-insurance-mandate-in-2011/899998242555279611.htmlLaura2012-09-05T11:23:00ZBiden bungles number of deaths in AfghanistanLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Biden-bungles-number-of-deaths-in-Afghanistan/-715345016825970674.html2012-09-04T13:04:00Z2012-09-04T13:04:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The fact that this man is a heartbeat away from the presidency should be as if not more frightening to sane Americans than the Obama presidency itself. He gets a free pass from his media pals, who find his <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2012/09/03/bidens-green-bay-gaffe-claims-only-1980-troops-have-died-afghanistan" target="_blank">lapses, misstatements, and gaffes endearing</a>. What he lacks in intellect, he makes up for in sheer bluster. For the uninformed watching the VP debate in October, Biden could come across as more compelling unless Ryan is on his A-game. Look for Biden to make Ryan look like a high school kid trying out for the debate team. My money's still on Ryan though. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Biden-bungles-number-of-deaths-in-Afghanistan/-715345016825970674.htmlLaura2012-09-04T13:04:00ZRush, Mark & Laura all defend ClintLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rush,-Mark--Laura-all-defend-Clint/77695615189698565.html2012-08-31T20:18:00Z2012-08-31T20:18:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/315658/play-clinty-me-mark-steyn" target="_blank">Great piece by Mark Steyn</a>. Laura had a twitter war Thursday night with Clint detractors. Liberals think they should have a monopoly on black support and Hollywood support. They hate blacks who are conservative. They hate actors who are conservative. As simple as that. The left tolerates all sorts of UNFUNNY tripe from liberal celebs--Paula Poundstone, Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho, and Bill Maher. Clint was hilarious, off-the-cuff and searing. More than Susan Sarandon or Alec Baldwin ever was in support of Obama &amp; Co. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rush,-Mark--Laura-all-defend-Clint/77695615189698565.htmlLaura2012-08-31T20:18:00ZRomney's convention bounce?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romneys-convention-bounce/221642035114244355.html2012-08-31T16:28:00Z2012-08-31T16:28:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/30/poll-romney-takes-lead-ov_n_1844512.html?view=print&amp;comm_ref=false" target="_blank">The new Reuters/IPSOS poll</a> of likely voters shows an 8 percent movement in favor of Mitt Romney. The previous poll had Barack Obama up by 4 points, now Romney leads 44 to 42 percent. Real Clear Politics has it all tied up, but with Romney still lagging in the electoral college. In Charlotte, Obama will try again to convince swing voters to re-hire him despite his lame economic record--and much of the message will focus on demeaning success, while scaring women and minorities. How uplifting. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romneys-convention-bounce/221642035114244355.htmlLaura2012-08-31T16:28:00ZIs Fluke just a fluke or will she debate?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Is-Fluke-just-a-fluke-or-will-she-debate/-757635322891132267.html2012-08-31T16:24:00Z2012-08-31T16:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Apparently the law graduate is not even nibbling at the bait dropped by Breitbart.com's Dana Loesch. <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/30/sandra-fluke-chickening-out-on-womens-issues-debate-with-breitbarts-dana-loesch/" target="_blank">The conservative pundit challenged</a> the Georgetown Law (graduate?) Sandra Fluke to a debate about women's issues. Ms. "Give-Me-Free-Pills" Fluke has not accepted the invitation. She has plenty of time in her schedule to sit down in friendly arenas (The View, Today Show, etc.), but won't take an hour to put that legal education (undergraduate degree in "Gender Studies"!) on display? Why the sudden shyness, Sandra? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Is-Fluke-just-a-fluke-or-will-she-debate/-757635322891132267.htmlLaura2012-08-31T16:24:00ZForget the media mockery: convention crowd loved EastwoodLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Forget-the-media-mockery:-convention-crowd-loved-Eastwood/440414425731785677.html2012-08-31T12:07:00Z2012-08-31T12:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/rosiegray/forget-the-media-mockery-convention-crowd-loved-e" target="_blank">Our friends at Buzzfeed observe this</a> correctly--the elite media get it wrong (again). At a perfectly scripted Republican convention, a few non-political people stood out: 1.) the couple who lost their son to cancer and spoke of Mitt Romney's simple kindness during their heartbreak; and 2.) Clint Eastwood going off script with the Obama chair. He was no more rambling than the President when challenged on his economic record. At 82, Clint Eastwood sees his country slipping away so he showed up to say something about it. It was different, natural and riveting, which is more than I can say about the media blather we all had to endure during the RNC. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Forget-the-media-mockery:-convention-crowd-loved-Eastwood/440414425731785677.htmlLaura2012-08-31T12:07:00ZThe NYT acknowledges that globalization is hurting U.S. workersLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-NYT-acknowledges-that-globalization-is-hurting-U.S.-workers/969973286967454396.html2012-08-29T17:21:00Z2012-08-29T17:21:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Remember all those promises of libertarian thinkers regarding globalization? We'd have more entrepreneurs, more opportunities, more growth. Now it turns out, <a href="http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/changing-views-of-globalizations-impact/" target="_blank">we have a shrinking GDP</a>, stagnant or declining wages, and pessimism abounds. We are competing on an uneven playing field vis a vis China, and few in the elite world of business will acknowledge this. There is an enormous amount of pressure that is already being brought to bear on Mitt Romney to back off from his tough stance on China. Groups like the Business Roundtable (which does some great pro-capitalist work) are dead-set against our holding China accountable for its misdeeds in the marketplace. Romney should stand firm. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-NYT-acknowledges-that-globalization-is-hurting-U.S.-workers/969973286967454396.htmlLaura2012-08-29T17:21:00ZThe GOP platform on China--it's about time!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-GOP-platform-on-China--its-about-time!/415576830781958243.html2012-08-29T14:33:00Z2012-08-29T14:33:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Read from page 6 of the platform and you'll know why China has condemned Mitt Romney and his campaign:<br /> &nbsp;<br /> "Republicans understand that you can succeed in a negotiation only if you are willing to walk away from it.&nbsp; Thus, a Republican President will insist on full parity in trade with China and stand ready to impose countervailing duties if China fails to amend its currency policies.&nbsp; Commercial discrimination will be met in kind.&nbsp; Counterfeit goods will aggressively be kept out of the country." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-GOP-platform-on-China--its-about-time!/415576830781958243.htmlLaura2012-08-29T14:33:00ZRomney v. Obama: Economic star versus Hollywood starLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-v.-Obama:-Economic-star-versus-Hollywood-star/117556486732771827.html2012-08-28T12:55:00Z2012-08-28T12:55:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>When you suffer through <a href="http://www.etonline.com/news/124532_Michelle_Obama_and_Ann_Romney_s_Presidential_Campaign_Trail_Fashion/index.html" target="_blank">this video</a>, you'll find that the lovely folks at Entertainment Tonight put Michelle in a more favorable light than Ann Romney. No surprise there. The Hollywood establishment cherishes its "entertainer-in-chief" President Obama more than the journalistic ideal of objectivity. This is why the Romneys should not bother trying to compete on this terrain. Memo to the Romneys: Use your perceived weakness (i.e., Romney is not a natural pol, not a glad-handler, not Mr. Cool) and turn it into a strength. Why not say, "I'm not a celebrity, and not going to try to out-do the Pres. Obama in that regard. What I am is exactly what this country needs--someone more focused on rebuilding our economic power than my own star power." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-v.-Obama:-Economic-star-versus-Hollywood-star/117556486732771827.htmlLaura2012-08-28T12:55:00ZMedia feeding war on women theme: "fight for women" defines presidential raceLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Media-feeding-war-on-women-theme:-fight-for-women-defines-presidential-race/95946459660911113.html2012-08-27T14:08:00Z2012-08-27T14:08:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Gee, notice how with the 8.3 percent unemployment rate, and 1.5 percent GDP, <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120827/DA0TJCEO2.html" target="_blank">the media are switching the focus</a>. So jobs and the economy are secondary? Once again, the media are promoting Dems' talking points. No wonder most of America thinks they are supporting Obama in their coverage, selection of segments, etc. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Media-feeding-war-on-women-theme:-fight-for-women-defines-presidential-race/95946459660911113.htmlLaura2012-08-27T14:08:00ZThe real abortion extremists--the DemocratsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-real-abortion-extremists--the-Democrats/763961306838316671.html2012-08-27T11:27:00Z2012-08-27T11:27:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Since 2010, <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57500585/since-2010-32-states-have-restricted-abortions/" target="_blank">32 states have moved to put some restrictions on abortions</a>. During the past 10 years, our country has seen 12 million babies aborted. This should be horrifying for all of us, regardless of party affiliation. In major metropolitan areas such as New York, the numbers of African-American and Latino babies aborted are shocking--some estimates show that more are aborted than born. Overall, 41 percent of all babies conceived in New York City are aborted. This has led some pro-life activists to say that we are on a genocidal path toward the destruction of entire generations of minorities. Meanwhile, Democrats allow for zero restrictions on abortion in their party's platform. None. None for gender selection abortions. None for second- or even third-trimester abortions. The country is becoming more pro-life according to the latest Gallup survey. Fifty-one percent of Americans today call themselves "pro-life." Expect those numbers to grow. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-real-abortion-extremists--the-Democrats/763961306838316671.htmlLaura2012-08-27T11:27:00ZA real cliffhanger...and Obama's lack of leadershipLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-real-cliffhanger...and-Obamas-lack-of-leadership/-44768262402186730.html2012-08-24T12:49:00Z2012-08-24T12:49:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The President's team has abdicated all responsibility for bringing us to the brink of another recession, which is what the CBO is predicting will happen if we don't keep current tax rates and avoid the automatic $1.2T in spending cuts that are slated to kick in on January 1. This is unconscionable. Why doesn't Obama suspend his perpetual campaign as he did in October 2008 when the financial crisis hit to work with the Hill on avoiding the "fiscal cliff"? <a href="http://nation.foxnews.com/paul-ryan/2012/08/23/ryan-white-house-needs-put-or-shut" target="_blank">Republicans should call for this</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-real-cliffhanger...and-Obamas-lack-of-leadership/-44768262402186730.htmlLaura2012-08-24T12:49:00ZRomney wins--except for that pesky likeability gapLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-wins--except-for-that-pesky-likeability-gap/166900753656563156.html2012-08-24T12:32:00Z2012-08-24T12:32:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://m.yahoo.com/w/legobpengine/news/blogs/signal/signs-point-romney-victory-except-one-very-big-160549179.html?orig_host_hdr=news.yahoo.com&amp;.intl=US&amp;.lang=en-US" target="_blank">Some encouraging news</a> for Romney's chances in November, but it remains to be seen if voters will pull the lever for a man they don't really connect with. Here's an idea: To get his "likeability" numbers up, Romney should show us his strengths, not highlight his weakness. Rather than doing a bunch of kitchen-table interviews, Romney says "I'll let the President handle the important topics like what's on his iPod, his favorite kind of pizza, etc. I'm focused on turning America around and this is how I'm going to do it...." Being the "anti-razzle dazzle" presidential candidate could be very attractive as we are about to careen off the "fiscal cliff" in a few months. And you just might see Romney's personal approval ratings climb, too. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-wins--except-for-that-pesky-likeability-gap/166900753656563156.htmlLaura2012-08-24T12:32:00ZThe real story--we're going off a cliffLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-real-story--were-going-off-a-cliff/664135908755613433.html2012-08-22T18:10:00Z2012-08-22T18:10:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>As the establishment media obsess over the words of one GOP senate candidate, some might not be aware that the wheels are about to come off our economy. A <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/22/cbo-recession-fiscal-cliff_n_1821667.html" target="_blank">disturbing new warning</a> by the CBO says that if we go off the "fiscal cliff"--as Howard Dean and other Dems suggested we "need" to do--our U.S. GDP will decline by .5 percent and unemployment will rise to 9 percent next year. The term "fiscal cliff" refers to the economic calamity we face if current tax rates are not maintained and the deep automatic cuts to federal spending kick in as a result. What do we think affects the lives of Americans more--the comments made in a local TV interview by one Missouri Congressman, or the fact that they could lose their job or never find one because of election-year foot-dragging. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-real-story--were-going-off-a-cliff/664135908755613433.htmlLaura2012-08-22T18:10:00ZMy Talking Points Memo on Obama's Media EnablersLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-Talking-Points-Memo-on-Obamas-Media-Enablers/-714410883506434797.html2012-08-22T12:22:00Z2012-08-22T12:22:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Talking Points Memo for Tuesday August 21st. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-Talking-Points-Memo-on-Obamas-Media-Enablers/-714410883506434797.htmlLaura2012-08-22T12:22:00ZVideo: Dinesh D'Souza with me on "The Factor"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Video:-Dinesh-DSouza-with-me-on-The-Factor/-462888262569579923.html2012-08-21T11:16:00Z2012-08-21T11:16:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/1795851992001/" target="_blank">Watch it here</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Video:-Dinesh-DSouza-with-me-on-The-Factor/-462888262569579923.htmlLaura2012-08-21T11:16:00ZMy Talking Points Memo: What Keeping Biden says about ObamaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-Talking-Points-Memo:-What-Keeping-Biden-says-about-Obama/607854519719055126.html2012-08-21T11:02:00Z2012-08-21T11:02:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Republicans, I know, want Joe "Gaffe-O-Matic" Biden to stay right where he is, as a political punch-line. But the larger more important question remains: is this man really equipped to be president? If he were a Republican and made one-sixteenth of the outlandish statements, calls for his removal would echo through the media and political landscape. <a href="http://video.foxnews.com/v/1795831635001/" target="_blank">Watch the rest here</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/My-Talking-Points-Memo:-What-Keeping-Biden-says-about-Obama/607854519719055126.htmlLaura2012-08-21T11:02:00ZPerhaps the dumbest immigration idea everLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Perhaps-the-dumbest-immigration-idea-ever/-802502953100822287.html2012-08-21T03:39:00Z2012-08-21T03:39:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/bloomberg-make-immigrants-live-detroit-if-they-survive-7-years-make-them-citizens" target="_blank">Check out</a> Michael Bloomberg's latest brilliant proposal to make illegal immigrants live in Detroit, then If they 'survive 7 years' make them citizens. Sounds like another version of the Hunger Games. And how precisely do we monitor their living there? And how do we "make them" go there? This is all Detroit needs, an influx of unskilled illegal immigrants looking for work. I have a better idea: Bloomberg goes to Detroit and if survives 7 years he can return to New York and run for mayor yet again. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Perhaps-the-dumbest-immigration-idea-ever/-802502953100822287.htmlLaura2012-08-21T03:39:00ZNewsweek's single-issue relevanceLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Newsweeks-single-issue-relevance/-669999848606897578.html2012-08-20T03:42:00Z2012-08-20T03:42:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Much of what is in Niall Ferguson's cover story in Newsweek ("Hit the Road, Barack: Why Obama needs to go") we already know. Much of it we have documented on the show in excruciating detail, much of it lampooned in The Obama Diaries more than two years ago, but nevertheless, reading it all in one article, laid out in layman's terms, is devastating. This is the eye-opening part of the article:<br /><br />
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<div class="indent" style="padding-left: 30px;">"The failures of leadership on economic and fiscal policy over the past four years have had geopolitical consequences. The World Bank expects the U.S. to grow by just 2 percent in 2012. China will grow four times faster than that; India three times faster. By 2017, the International Monetary Fund predicts, the GDP of China will overtake that of the United States. Meanwhile, the fiscal train wreck has already initiated a process of steep cuts in the defense budget, at a time when it is very far from clear that the world has become a safer place&mdash;least of all in the Middle East. For me the president&rsquo;s greatest failure has been not to think through the implications of these challenges to American power. Far from developing a coherent strategy, he believed&mdash;perhaps encouraged by the premature award of the Nobel Peace Prize&mdash;that all he needed to do was to make touchy-feely speeches around the world explaining to foreigners that he was not George W. Bush."</div>
</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Newsweeks-single-issue-relevance/-669999848606897578.htmlLaura2012-08-20T03:42:00ZRomney's Team Explains Why They're Not Getting Into the DetailsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romneys-Team-Explains-Why-Theyre-Not-Getting-Into-the-Details/-750852203734876750.html2012-08-17T23:23:00Z2012-08-17T23:23:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This following is somewhat discouraging to those of us who thought that the Ryan factor would mean an issues-focused campaign. <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79814_Page2.html#ixzz23qA2sgNN" target="_blank">From Politico</a>: "[If] you hoped that Romney&rsquo;s selection of Ryan was going to touch off an epic war of ideas &mdash; maybe even with Ross-Perot-style charts and graphs &mdash; you&rsquo;ll be badly disappointed." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romneys-Team-Explains-Why-Theyre-Not-Getting-Into-the-Details/-750852203734876750.htmlLaura2012-08-17T23:23:00ZThe Ryan Gap: Mainstream America schools Washington elitesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Ryan-Gap:-Mainstream-America-schools-Washington-elites/-104045834003268030.html2012-08-17T12:42:00Z2012-08-17T12:42:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>As usual, most of the Washington insiders are wrong and America is right. Another reason why Washington should shrink, not grow. What are all those "unnamed GOP leaders" <a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/scottrasmussen/2012/08/17/reaction_to_ryan_a_gap_between_mainstream_america_and_official_washington" target="_blank"> telling Politico NOW</a> about Paul Ryan? No one is perfect, but he was, is, and will be a strong complement to Romney. Regarding the "experts" slamming the choice as "desperate" and "worst ever"--the word "poltroons" comes to mind. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Ryan-Gap:-Mainstream-America-schools-Washington-elites/-104045834003268030.htmlLaura2012-08-17T12:42:00ZObama's grass roots investment not paying offLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-grass-roots-investment-not-paying-off/422405872425886140.html2012-08-16T13:27:00Z2012-08-16T13:27:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I guess "Cousin Pookie" and all those Dems still "sitting on the couch" wearing their slippers, aren't as jazzed up for Obama in 2012. <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2012/08/15/president-obama-costly-grass-roots-investment-not-paying-off-new-voter-registrations/mU0Spk1B6UVfePo4Bn5GKI/story.html" target="_blank">Check out the latest news</a> on Obama's voter registration fizzle. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-grass-roots-investment-not-paying-off/422405872425886140.htmlLaura2012-08-16T13:27:00ZGM is headed for bankruptcy --- againLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GM-is-headed-for-bankruptcy-----again/52437830172629510.html2012-08-16T13:18:00Z2012-08-16T13:18:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>One of the "accomplishments" that President Obama is most proud of is the automobile bail out. The taxpayers are still owed $25 billion from this economic wonder--and now some more "good" Obama news. After GM received a massive taxpayer cash infusion and after non-union Delphi employees had their pensions gutted, it still is <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiswoodhill/2012/08/15/general-motors-is-headed-for-bankruptcy-again/" target="_blank">headed for bankruptcy</a>. So Romney WAS right. We should have allowed them to go bankrupt a few years ago and they probably would have worked through it by now. Paul Ryan is right--the government shouldn't pick winners and losers. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/GM-is-headed-for-bankruptcy-----again/52437830172629510.htmlLaura2012-08-16T13:18:00ZObama, Duke Energy & crony-capitalismLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama,-Duke-Energy--crony-capitalism/513570113001010529.html2012-08-15T12:21:00Z2012-08-15T12:21:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Remember President Obama's pledge that Washington's influence peddlers would have no place in his White House? We soon discovered that many lobbyists met across the street at a coffee shop with Obama staffers (thus avoiding the White House visitors log). Now we discover that lobbyists for the well-connected did find their clients room at the Democrat National Convention. Consider the Duke Energy path to advancement: support Pres. Obama's unpopular policies, receive millions in "stimulus" dollars, then land fat contracts for work at DNC. Unholy alliance? <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/15/us/politics/duke-energys-support-of-convention-tests-obama-fund-raising-pledge.html?_r=2&amp;partner=MYWAY&amp;ei=5065" target="_blank">The NYT even seems to think so</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama,-Duke-Energy--crony-capitalism/513570113001010529.htmlLaura2012-08-15T12:21:00ZAnother reason Wendy Long should beat Gillibrand in NYLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-reason-Wendy-Long-should-beat-Gillibrand-in-NY/-180120259309226842.html2012-08-15T12:03:00Z2012-08-15T12:03:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444184704577588963031278508.html?mod=googlenews_wsj" target="_blank">This is a phenomenal piece</a> in today's WSJ written by GOP Senate candidate Wendy Long about what ails the financial industry and how to resist the push for sweeping new government intervention. She possesses precisely the type of clear free market thinking we need to offset the intelligence deficit of Democrats who have rushed to regulate without even a rudimentary understanding of how markets work. She had the courage to take on the Schumer-Gillibrand machine, let's help her move on to a historic victory. <a href="http://www.wendylongfornewyork.com/" target="_blank">Join the fight here</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-reason-Wendy-Long-should-beat-Gillibrand-in-NY/-180120259309226842.htmlLaura2012-08-15T12:03:00Z'Four more beers:' Obama hits the Iowa sudsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Four-more-beers:-Obama-hits-the-Iowa-suds/991668416984362245.html2012-08-14T21:09:00Z2012-08-14T21:09:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://blogs.sacbee.com/video-break/2012/08/four-more-beers-obama-helps-fairgoers-quench-thirst.html" target="_blank">Watch this video</a> at from Iowa State Fair. This is what Pres. Obama is really good at--mixing it up with a crowd. If only he had the same talent for grasping how the free market works. I'm surprised he didn't make some of the onlookers buy! Or better yet, instead of asking the beer vendor how business was, he should have demanded the vendor do his "fair share" so that others less fortunate my quaff for free. Redistribute the wealth...and the beer! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Four-more-beers:-Obama-hits-the-Iowa-suds/991668416984362245.htmlLaura2012-08-14T21:09:00ZBlowhards on wind "tax credits"--another "green jobs" fiascoLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Blowhards-on-wind-tax-credits--another-green-jobs-fiasco/936612486355652511.html2012-08-14T12:53:00Z2012-08-14T12:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Dems bemoan job losses in the wind power business in Colorado because government doesn't give expensive production tax credits to prop up an otherwise soft market. Of course job cuts are always awful for affected families and communities. But "well-meaning" politicians helped cause the devastation because instead of invigorating a truly private market, they thought the government should be the primary mover and shaker. Mitt Romney is right on this--government should let this giveaway retire. Obama includes <a href="http://business-news.thestreet.com/denver-post/story/failing-wind-market-leads-job-cuts-vestas-pueblo-factory-0/1" target="_blank">these wind jobs in its job projections</a>, by the way. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Blowhards-on-wind-tax-credits--another-green-jobs-fiasco/936612486355652511.htmlLaura2012-08-14T12:53:00ZMichelle Obama uses Spiderman to lower expectationsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-Obama-uses-Spiderman-to-lower-expectations/-566789264782373939.html2012-08-13T12:16:00Z2012-08-13T12:16:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>What have I been telling you--here comes the elaborate campaign production otherwise known as lowering the voters expectations. With 42 straight months of 8+ percent unemployment, President Hope could see independent voters saying "nope" to four more years, so he has to move the goal posts. Last week we heard Spike Lee tell Charlie Rose that he "felt sorry" for young people who thought Obama was God. Then Obama himself has said (paraphrasing) that we all knew it was going to take more than one term to perfect our union. <a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/michelle-obama-he-s-not-spiderman-he-s-not-superhero-he-s-human_649879.html" target="_blank">Now the First Lady</a> has gotten into the act of lowering our collective expectations. Don't worry, Michelle, we never thought he was a super hero. (Although I could see Marvel launching a new story-line based on our current president--"The Adventures of See Through Man!" <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-Obama-uses-Spiderman-to-lower-expectations/-566789264782373939.htmlLaura2012-08-13T12:16:00ZR&R for a weary nationLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/RR-for-a-weary-nation/821039158779174017.html2012-08-11T21:04:00Z2012-08-11T21:04:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Mitt Romney made a fine pick in Paul Ryan, evidenced by the wails and howls already coming from the Left. Obama and Biden must be bummed that they now may have to occasionally leave their fabricated stories aside to speak about the economy and budget reform. Whenever I proposed Ryan as VP, invariably I would hear "oh. he's too inexperienced." More than anything today, we need a man with courage and clear-thinking. Ryan has both. And as for the "<a href="http://www.alan.com/2012/08/11/former-bush-official-paul-ryan-an-unfortunate-pick/?utm_source=twitterfeed&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+liberaland+%28Alan+Colmes+Liberaland%29" target="_blank">former Bush Administration official</a>" who says Ryan is an unfortunate pick--many of us believe that Bush at times advanced unfortunate policies. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/RR-for-a-weary-nation/821039158779174017.htmlLaura2012-08-11T21:04:00ZRomney is not winning. Here's how he can.Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-is-not-winning.--Heres-how-he-can./612990269443758992.html2012-08-10T18:03:00Z2012-08-10T18:03:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><p>I realize that I'm going to be the skunk at the picnic among some in the GOP for writing this, but if the election were held today, Romney would probably lose.&nbsp; Two surveys released within hours of each other by CNN and Fox report Obama up by 7 and 9 points respectively.&nbsp; The swing states tell the story: the Real Clear Politics average has Obama up by 7 in Pennsylvania, 5 in Ohio, and 3 in Virginia; Obama leads by slim margins in Florida and Colorado.&nbsp; Respected elections analyst Nate Silver has Romney's chance of winning at 38.5 percent, which is better than how it looks on Intrade, which&nbsp; gives Romney a 27 percent shot at winning.</p>
<p>With unemployment still above 8 percent and 2/3 of the country thinking that we&rsquo;re going in the wrong direction, why is Obama still ahead?&nbsp; Is every poll other than Rasmussen flawed or biased?&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>Just about every week this summer, Democrats have launched a new attack against Romney, and they'll keep doing this as long as it's working.&nbsp;&nbsp;The last thing Obama wants to do is talk about fixing the economy.&nbsp; He has no idea how to do this.&nbsp; He knows hiking taxes on the rich&nbsp;won't do anything to stop the ticking debt bomb or create jobs.&nbsp;&nbsp;So he and his supporters spend most of their time creating diversions and demonizing Romney.&nbsp; They've branded Romney as a tax-dodging, chauvinist, out-sourcer in chief with a car elevator.&nbsp; As for Romney, has spent a lot of time raising money (which is important) and he&rsquo;s done that well.&nbsp; But he has not launched the type of aggressive messaging and counter-offensive necessary to beat the campaign of a Saul Alinsky acolyte.&nbsp; An effective rapid response team would have nailed Obama on the SuperPac cancer ad&mdash;&ldquo;We&rsquo;re all getting sick&mdash;sick of this poisonous style of campaigning.&nbsp; And sick of politicians like President Obama who blame others for their broken promises and failed policies.&rdquo;&nbsp; Instead Romney&rsquo;s spokeswoman responds by lauding universal healthcare in Massachusetts.&nbsp; Terrible.&nbsp; And when Obama scored with the &ldquo;Romneyhood&rdquo; line, the best Romney&rsquo;s communications team could come up with is &ldquo;Obamaloney&rdquo;?&nbsp; Really?</p>
<p>Conservatives are worried for a reason.&nbsp; They&rsquo;ve seen this movie and they know how it ends&mdash;in defeat.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Romney&rsquo;s team should be going into the Republican National Convention 7 pts up, not down.&nbsp; He must regain this lost ground over the next few weeks, and he shouldn&rsquo;t rely on his VP pick to help much.&nbsp; This is his to win or lose.&nbsp; Point by point, he must give the voters a sober, brutally exacting description of how dire the situation is for America.&nbsp; Then he needs to hit the trail with a road show to explain how his policies will begin to turn things around.&nbsp; This is what he did so well at Bain.&nbsp; Both the country and his own campaign, need his stellar crisis management skills that saved the 2002 Olympics.&nbsp; We as Americans don&rsquo;t have to lower our expectations.&nbsp; Romney&rsquo;s team must expose the Obama record, and elevate the campaign away from the Obama distractions. Engage the public in a serious conversation about saving this country we love.&nbsp; This will make the president seem petty and unserious by comparison.&nbsp;</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-is-not-winning.--Heres-how-he-can./612990269443758992.htmlLaura2012-08-10T18:03:00ZNBC's over-sexualized footage of female Olympic athletesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NBCs-over-sexualized-footage-of-female-Olympic-athletes/-129173653234652036.html2012-08-10T11:25:00Z2012-08-10T11:25:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>When my seven-year old asked why the U.S. Gymnasts were posing the way they were in the "up close and person" cut aways, I didn't have a good age-appropriate answer. Of course what I wanted to tell her is that this is part of the continual sexualization of young women in our society. It's not enough for NBC that McKayla Maroney is a vaulting phenom, she has to be seen as a pouty vixen, with a "pornified" musical score played over her plans for gold. Tedious for adults and deleterious for young girls and boys to see. The competition is dramatic enough without the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2186262/Olympics-2012-NBC-viewers-angry-sexualized-footage-female-athletes-porn-music.html#ixzz238NjJ4Lo" target="_blank">celebu-tainment focus</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NBCs-over-sexualized-footage-of-female-Olympic-athletes/-129173653234652036.htmlLaura2012-08-10T11:25:00ZSpokesperson cites Romneycare in defense against cancer adLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Spokesperson-cites-Romneycare-in-defense-against-cancer-ad/-380600392015629203.html2012-08-09T01:46:00Z2012-08-09T01:46:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Andrea Saul, Romney spokeswoman, wins the "Etch-A-Sketch" Award of the Day. There are many devastating points she could have made to refute the vicious Priorities USA "cancer" ad. (The widower didn't even have health insurance through his company, and his wife died years after Bain shut down his company!) Instead, Saul responds by saying, the couple should have lived in Mass. and then they would have had health care provided!) <a href="http://politicalwire.com/archives/2012/08/08/spokesperson_cites_romneycare.html" target="_blank">This statement</a> is a gift to the Obama campaign and provides more reason for conservatives to believe that once he's president, Romney will have little use for them or their ideas. This needs to be rectified and Romney needs top CONSERVATIVE thinkers on this team who are smart, courageous and principled. Now. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Spokesperson-cites-Romneycare-in-defense-against-cancer-ad/-380600392015629203.htmlLaura2012-08-09T01:46:00ZSneak peek at Veep week--and YOUR choice is...?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sneak-peek-at-Veep-week--and-YOUR-choice-is.../-661393184838378319.html2012-08-08T20:31:00Z2012-08-08T20:31:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>In a few days or a few hours, Mitt Romney is supposedly going to announce his <a href="http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/08/13180408-first-thoughts-the-final-three?lite" target="_blank">VP pick</a>. Early last month, Ann Romney, his most trusted adviser and lovely wife, said that what's most important is that the person is someone who he will enjoy being around, have his back, and have "the same personality type." For many of us, that meant Ohio Senator Rob Portman or former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty were the top possibilities. But to the list of ideal running mate "qualities," the would-be first lady also added: "Competent, capable and willing to serve this country. I think there's lots of good people out there that fill that bill right now." That left the field wide open. Who knows. For many months, I've cited Paul Ryan as the best complement to Romney, and the most likely to turn this into a debate about ideas, not personality. If this race hinges purely on who moves the "feelings" meter, who has the "cool factor," Romney will struggle. Ryan is an ideas man, his budget has the added value of being a serious attempt at reform. Obama's budgets never garnered a single vote in either chamber. Ryan has geek chic and is young enough to appeal to Gen-X'ers, as well as the "blue hairs" in the red states. But of course conservatives need him in the House, where he remains one of the few who can bring the tea party caucus together with more moderate members on fiscal matters. Of the likely picks (i.e., not Allen West, Sarah Palin or Ron Paul), whom would you most want to see on the ticket? Shoot me a <a href="http://twitter.com/ingrahamangle" target="_blank">tweet</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a> to discuss. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Sneak-peek-at-Veep-week--and-YOUR-choice-is.../-661393184838378319.htmlLaura2012-08-08T20:31:00ZFed wants to use "happiness" index (to get different result)Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fed-wants-to-use-happiness-index-to-get-different-result/-985727925370568773.html2012-08-07T12:10:00Z2012-08-07T12:10:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Federal Reserve is out of tricks. It has tried juicing the economy by keeping interest rates next to zero, by printing money....and nothing seems to help jolt the economy back to life. So much like the Wizard of Oz who pulled made up awards out of his bag to make the Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man feel better, Fed Chair <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120806/DA0G4A280.html" target="_blank">Ben Bernanke wants to make us feel better</a> about living in a nation in decline. "We should seek better and more-direct measurements of economic well-being," Bernanke said Monday. "As your parents always said, money doesn't buy happiness," he intoned. So how does Big Ben define the "h"-word? See if you can figure this out: a "short-term state of awareness that depends on a person's perceptions of one's immediate reality, as well as on immediate external circumstances and outcomes." He has been floating this "happiness economics" tripe for a few years. To me, it represents yet another attempt by those sympathetic to Obama to lower economic expectations. In other words, don't worry about the fact that real unemployment is around 15 percent or the fact that 45 percent of the country pays no federal taxes! Just be happy. Oh, and vote Obama-Biden 2012. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fed-wants-to-use-happiness-index-to-get-different-result/-985727925370568773.htmlLaura2012-08-07T12:10:00ZHeinous murder case wraps up, WaPo buries key factsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Heinous-murder-case-wraps-up,-WaPo-buries-key-facts/-129137727380241310.html2012-08-06T20:07:00Z2012-08-06T20:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The murder victim was butchered like a pig gone to slaughter. Horrific case. The Washington Post Metro writer Dan Morse writes a <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/sweeping-gang-murder-case-to-wrap-up-in-montgomery-county/2012/08/05/0e1d04da-dcd1-11e1-8e43-4a3c4375504a_story.html" target="_blank">compelling piece</a> about one mother's grief since the vicious Salvadoran gang MS-13 murdered her son. One problem: it isn't until the third to last paragraph on the jump page do we learn a bit about the "immigration status" of the eight who admitted ti the murder. Read it and weep for our country (and for journos who feel the need to bury these facts). <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Heinous-murder-case-wraps-up,-WaPo-buries-key-facts/-129137727380241310.htmlLaura2012-08-06T20:07:00ZRNC roster starting to fill out...but where's Gingrich and/or Santorum?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/RNC-roster-starting-to-fill-out...but-wheres-Gingrich-and/or-Santorum/-550935906756033324.html2012-08-06T03:00:00Z2012-08-06T03:00:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://hosted2.ap.org/RIPRJ/APNewEnglandNews/Article_2012-08-05-Republican Convention/id-f1b9fde456f547c694aee14c1bd9b416" target="_blank">Great that governors Nikki Haley and Susana Martinez are speaking</a> at the Republican National Convention, but what about the man who won the second highest number of delegates--Rick Santorum? What about the party's VP choice in 2008--Sarah Palin? Newt Gingrich? We're waiting.... <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/RNC-roster-starting-to-fill-out...but-wheres-Gingrich-and/or-Santorum/-550935906756033324.htmlLaura2012-08-06T03:00:00ZRomney camp stands with military, calling Dem challenge to Ohio voter law 'despicable'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-camp-stands-with-military,-calling-Dem-challenge-to-Ohio-voter-law-despicable/957813173565819395.html2012-08-06T02:53:00Z2012-08-06T02:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/242273-romney-campaign-increases-attacks-on-obamas-ohio-military-voter-lawsuit" target="_blank">From The Hill</a>: &nbsp;<br /><br />
<div class="indent" style="padding-left: 60px;">Romney's campaign...accuses Obama of trying to limit voting rights for those in the military. "In their lawsuit, the Obama campaign and the [Democratic National Committee] argue it is 'arbitrary' and unconstitutional to provide three extra days of early, in-person voting to military voters and their families," Biberwrites. "We disagree with the basic premise that it is 'arbitrary' and unconstitutional to give three extra days of in-person early voting to military voters and their families, and believe it is a dangerous and offensive argument for President Obama and the DNC to make.</div> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-camp-stands-with-military,-calling-Dem-challenge-to-Ohio-voter-law-despicable/957813173565819395.htmlLaura2012-08-06T02:53:00ZRomney...in a landslide?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney...in-a-landslide/941460931998117407.html2012-08-06T02:42:00Z2012-08-06T02:42:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/aug/04/romney-in-a-landslide/" target="_blank">The San Diego Union-Tribune editorial writers</a> think the polls are all wrong, and Mitt's going to crush the Anointed One. Do you agree? We want to hear from you. Tweet and Facebook us your predictions. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney...in-a-landslide/941460931998117407.htmlLaura2012-08-06T02:42:00ZDems apologize to Sheldon AdelsonLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dems-apologize-to-Sheldon-Adelson/932041500948713579.html2012-08-03T13:48:00Z2012-08-03T13:48:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-democratic-congressional-committee-apologizes-to-sheldon-adelson-20120802,0,6647544.story" target="_blank">The White House apologized</a> to Charles Krauthammer over the Winston Churchill bust. Now the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is apologizing to GOP mega-donor Sheldon Adelson. Where does the American middle class go for their apology for the destruction of their wealth and opportunity? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dems-apologize-to-Sheldon-Adelson/932041500948713579.htmlLaura2012-08-03T13:48:00ZPeople appreciate Chick-Fi-La and Freedom of Speech, ReligionLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/People-appreciate-Chick-Fi-La-and-Freedom-of-Speech,-Religion/-998495467975360964.html2012-08-02T20:20:00Z2012-08-02T20:20:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-chick-fil-a-sales-a-world-record-20120802,0,6863629.story" target="_blank">Huge turnouts yesterday</a> across the United States for the restaurant chain Chick-Fi-La to show support after it was targeted by left-wing advocacy groups. CFL president Dan Cathy expressed his support for traditional marriage which sent "liberal" mayors like Rahm Emanuel and Tom Menino into a frothy frenzy. At first they pledged to work to keep CFL out of their cities because they didn't share their "values." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/People-appreciate-Chick-Fi-La-and-Freedom-of-Speech,-Religion/-998495467975360964.htmlLaura2012-08-02T20:20:00ZHarry Reid tries to bait Romney from Senate floorLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Harry-Reid-tries-to-bait-Romney-from-Senate-floor/507520156012240229.html2012-08-02T19:56:00Z2012-08-02T19:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Senator Majority Leader Harry Reid is now the leading Hill henchman for the Obama campaign. Now he is relegated to proclaiming gossip as fact on the Senate floor in a blatant attempt to bait Mitt Romney into responding. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-harry-reid-takes-romneybashing-campaign-to-senate-floor-20120802,0,2126108.story" target="_blank">From the LA Times</a>: "The Democrat, in remarks to the Senate this morning, said 'the word's out that he [Romney] hasn't paid any taxes for 10 years.' Of course, that 'word' has come from none other than Reid himself. Since last month, when he alleged in a Senate floor speech that Romney 'basically paid no taxes in the prior 12 years,' the Nevada lawmaker has continued to hammer away at the topic." Imagine if something similar has been said of Barack Obama on the House floor? "The word's out that President Obama hired illegal aliens in his home" or insert your scandalous claim of choice. The media would be going nuts, the Left would be crying foul, demanding a full apology or rebuke for the offending GOP congressman. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Harry-Reid-tries-to-bait-Romney-from-Senate-floor/507520156012240229.htmlLaura2012-08-02T19:56:00ZNo Tolerance for Chick-fil-ALaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/No-Tolerance-for-Chick-fil-A/-31430470818912074.html2012-08-02T14:07:00Z2012-08-02T14:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The "liberals" are now the most ILLIBERAL folks out there. <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/08/02/no_tolerance_for_chick-fil-a_--_tea_party_critic_morgan_freeman_gets_a_pass_114977.html" target="_blank">The Chick-fil-a story</a> tells the entire tale of a movement that has moved to squelching speech instead of encouraging it. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/No-Tolerance-for-Chick-fil-A/-31430470818912074.htmlLaura2012-08-02T14:07:00ZThe tale of two polls--Mitt stalls in swing states and Obama among new votersLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-tale-of-two-polls--Mitt-stalls-in-swing-states-and-Obama-among-new-voters/-668543527338003165.html2012-08-01T11:34:00Z2012-08-01T11:34:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>That <a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/07/31/poll-2008s-new-voters-sour-on-obama-in-2012/?mod=google_news_blog" target="_blank">new voters are souring Obama</a> is good news for Mitt Romney, but only if these new voters start loving (or at least liking) him. <a href="http://www.quinnipiac.edu/institutes-and-centers/polling-institute/presidential-swing-states-%28fl-oh-and-pa%29/release-detail?ReleaseID=1781" target="_blank">A different poll</a>, just-out by Quinnipiac, shows Romney down in key swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania &amp; Florida. Obama is up by a whopping 6 pts in Ohio and Pennyslvania. Questions will linger about whether Romney's foreign trip was time well spent. For now the Romney camp is blowing off any concern about his standing in the polls. "We'll start defining ourselves in the campaign at the conventions" seems to be the attitude. A risky bet. Wouldn't you want to go into the convention 5 points up? We know Clinton and Obama will do well at theirs so it is imperative that Romney frame himself positively. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-tale-of-two-polls--Mitt-stalls-in-swing-states-and-Obama-among-new-voters/-668543527338003165.htmlLaura2012-08-01T11:34:00ZA defining gap: Seniors for Romney, Millennials for ObamaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-defining-gap:-Seniors-for-Romney,-Millennials-for-Obama/-569744393813538091.html2012-07-31T22:36:00Z2012-07-31T22:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Conservatives must do a better job of educating the young or the movement will literally die off. How on earth younger voters think the Obama way is working for them is, of course, unfathomable. <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-07-30/generation-gap-obama-romney-election/56595240/1?csp=34news" target="_blank">Chalk it up to immaturity</a> and the ever-present celebrity culture. The Obamas are the ultimate reality show hosts. So cool! So hip! But what exactly are they good at? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-defining-gap:-Seniors-for-Romney,-Millennials-for-Obama/-569744393813538091.htmlLaura2012-07-31T22:36:00ZRomney aide to reporters: Shove ItLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-aide-to-reporters:-Shove-It/-142608868889354517.html2012-07-31T12:47:00Z2012-07-31T12:47:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This will be chalked up by the Dinosaur-left-leaning media as a "gaffe." Unlike some of the Romney campaign's other rhetorical slips during the Olympics-Israel-Poland foreign tour, <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/79179.html?hp=f1" target="_blank">this one</a> seems right on target. Most of these reporters wouldn't think of posing similar snippy questions to Obama staffers, let alone one at or near a holy site. Now that his overseas travels are over, Romney needs to turn a steely eye and a strong, unabashedly pro-free market approach to winning over independents, and educating the rest of the electorate on why it is critical to turn our narrative of "decline" into one of prosperity and advancement. To do this, voters should know the specifics of how he'll bring together the dissonant voices of a fractious Congress to save the greatest nation on earth from the folly of her old political ways. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-aide-to-reporters:-Shove-It/-142608868889354517.htmlLaura2012-07-31T12:47:00ZRate the ad:"What is Mitt Romney hiding?"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rate-the-ad:What-is-Mitt-Romney-hiding/-527062405221956818.html2012-07-29T21:28:00Z2012-07-29T21:28:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Obama for America has a <a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jul/29/line-attack-what-mitt-romney-hiding/" target="_blank">new ad</a> out. This one focuses on Mitt Romney's decision not to release tax returns beyond 2010 &amp; 2011, which is all that is required by law. Rate the ad by tweeting me. Sign up to follow me at <a href="http://twitter.com/ingrahamangle" target="_blank">twitter.com/ingrahamangle</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Rate-the-ad:What-is-Mitt-Romney-hiding/-527062405221956818.htmlLaura2012-07-29T21:28:00ZNBC's opening ceremony mess: the top six cringe worthy momentsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NBCs-opening-ceremony-mess:-the-top-six-cringe-worthy-moments/-999358461916524331.html2012-07-29T21:19:00Z2012-07-29T21:19:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This is what the left-wing <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/us-news-blog/2012/jul/28/nbc-opening-ceremony-cringeworthy-moments?newsfeed=true" target="_blank">Guardian</a> says about NBC's coverage. What are YOUR take aways? Did you love Sir Paul? Did you want to stick a cork in anyone's mouth? Did the spectacle bedazzle or bore you? In my own mind, I kept going back to the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Sorry, but we do it better. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NBCs-opening-ceremony-mess:-the-top-six-cringe-worthy-moments/-999358461916524331.htmlLaura2012-07-29T21:19:00ZMitt Romney's Olympics gaffe--what about Obama's non-stop gaffes?!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mitt-Romneys-Olympics-gaffe--what-about-Obamas-non-stop-gaffes!/436877714657174326.html2012-07-27T12:29:00Z2012-07-27T12:29:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Yeah, Romney may have misstepped. Fine. But what about Obama's Navy corpse-man...57 states...not knowing what type of automatic weapon the military uses...then there's the matter of his entire presidency, his entire economy...his entire healthcare plan. I'll take Romney's "<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mitt-romney-meets-british-officials-in-london/2012/07/26/gJQAfqixAX_story.html?hpid=z1" target="_blank">gaffe</a>" over that incompetence+arrogance any day. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mitt-Romneys-Olympics-gaffe--what-about-Obamas-non-stop-gaffes!/436877714657174326.htmlLaura2012-07-27T12:29:00ZMaryland chases jobs & biz out of state with millionaires taxLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Maryland-chases-jobs--biz-out-of-state-with-millionaires-tax/-185237711553718398.html2012-07-26T18:41:00Z2012-07-26T18:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Maryland's liberal governor Martin O'Malley should be thrown out of office for pushing a <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/48323648/" target="_blank">tax on upper-income earners</a> that is driving away job creators. This is precisely what the rest of us can look forward to if Barack Obama and the Democrats have their way on a national level. Businesses are already struggling--small business owners will be forced to hire fewer people and spend less. Romney should run with this meme. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Maryland-chases-jobs--biz-out-of-state-with-millionaires-tax/-185237711553718398.htmlLaura2012-07-26T18:41:00ZTeam Obama uses their families fraudulently--againLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Team-Obama-uses-their-families-fraudulently--again/-45638185800960516.html2012-07-26T16:09:00Z2012-07-26T16:09:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Speaking to a fire fighters convention in Philadelphia, Joe Biden was, well, being Joe Biden: "I wish my kids would become wealthy!" Biden said, trying to make the point that he and Obama don't <em>dislike</em> wealth. But according to the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/joe-biden-speech-wealth-taxes-equality-rich-tax-cuts-2012-7" target="_blank">Business Insider</a>: <br /><br /> "Biden's three grown children, though, don't appear to have any financial troubles and are seemingly doing fine financially. His two sons, Hunter and Beau, are high-profile lawyers, and his daughter Ashley is a recently wed social worker. That quote was part of a longer explanation that just got more puzzling as he went along. 'There's nothing wrong with that," he said of being wealthy. "It's a good thing. But the wealthy do very well. Why? Because you have money in your pocket to buy things!'" <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Team-Obama-uses-their-families-fraudulently--again/-45638185800960516.htmlLaura2012-07-26T16:09:00ZGallup: U.S. Biz Owners now among least approving of ObamaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gallup:-U.S.-Biz-Owners-now-among-least-approving-of-Obama/-405136685863443235.html2012-07-26T12:26:00Z2012-07-26T12:26:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Mitt Romney now has to <a href="http://www.gallup.com/poll/156206/Business-Owners-Among-Least-Approving-Obama.aspx" target="_blank">close the loop</a> with independent voters--if business is turned off by Obama's policies and contracting rather than expanding, jobs will continue to disappear and opportunities contract for everyone. Business IS America. Without a vibrant business community, we are finished...or United States of Food Stamps. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Gallup:-U.S.-Biz-Owners-now-among-least-approving-of-Obama/-405136685863443235.htmlLaura2012-07-26T12:26:00ZTo move polls, Romney needs to go positiveLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/To-move-polls,-Romney-needs-to-go-positive/-781859269701807589.html2012-07-25T16:55:00Z2012-07-25T16:55:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>More specifics needed? You can't beat something with nothing. You've heard the&nbsp; rap. Seems to me, Romney needs to be both tough in criticizing Obama, and specific about the solutions he's offering. It's not enough to speak in broad terms or post stuff on your website. People need to see you and be reassured, and also--ideally--see a vision for a way out of this mess. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/07/25/to_move_polls_romney_needs_to_go_positive_114903.html" target="_blank">Read more</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/To-move-polls,-Romney-needs-to-go-positive/-781859269701807589.htmlLaura2012-07-25T16:55:00ZHealthcare jobs shipped overseas--whose the outsourcer now, Pres. Obama?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Healthcare-jobs-shipped-overseas--whose-the-outsourcer-now,-Pres.-Obama/-841223734554301238.html2012-07-25T16:49:00Z2012-07-25T16:49:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The economic carnage of Obamacare continues. This is another gift for Mitt Romney, and more <a href="http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-healthcare-offshore-20120725,0,4499114.story" target="_blank">terrible news</a> for the American people. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Healthcare-jobs-shipped-overseas--whose-the-outsourcer-now,-Pres.-Obama/-841223734554301238.htmlLaura2012-07-25T16:49:00ZCampaign releases old family photo for Barack B-day contestLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Campaign-releases-old-family-photo-for-Barack-B-day-contest/724587604979812425.html2012-07-24T11:28:00Z2012-07-24T11:28:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The President and First Lady proclaimed the Obama daughters to be "off limits" for political purposes many times during the past 3 1/2 years. Like much of what Barack Obama promised, it was a farce. They'll forbid the press from reporting on them (when tax dollars are used to send one of the girls to Mexico for a spring break trip, for example); but the Obamas themselves will break their own rule (sound familiar?) if invoking them helps in a political jam (BP Oil Spill, healthcare reform, and now a tight reelection bid). <a href="http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2012/07/campaign-releases-cute-old-obama-family.html" target="_blank">Check out the latest</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Campaign-releases-old-family-photo-for-Barack-B-day-contest/724587604979812425.htmlLaura2012-07-24T11:28:00ZAnne Hathaway eyes Catwoman spin-offLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Anne-Hathaway-eyes-Catwoman-spin-off/145550963111530176.html2012-07-24T03:35:00Z2012-07-24T03:35:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Holy remake, spin-off, re-hash and multi-part cinematic disasters, Batman! Do we REALLY need a film with <a href="http://blog.chron.com/celebritybuzz/2012/07/anne-hathaway-eyes-catwoman-spin-off/" target="_blank">Catwoman</a> as the leading lady? Is Hollywood that much out of gas? Can Revenge of the Penguin be far behind? Boy Wonder, make it stop! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Anne-Hathaway-eyes-Catwoman-spin-off/145550963111530176.htmlLaura2012-07-24T03:35:00ZWhat if the Colorado shooter was named Muhammed?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/What-if-the-Colorado-shooter-was-named-Muhammed/-20756915561496380.html2012-07-24T03:06:00Z2012-07-24T03:06:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.denverpost.com/murphy/ci_21134468/colorado-muslims-wonder-if-theater-shooter-might-have" target="_blank">This piece</a> in the Denver Post is one of the more ludicrous out there in the aftermath of the Aurora shooting. The point is that law enforcement supposedly tracks Muslims more effectively than are non-Muslims. One could argue that there is, indeed, bias involved in the way suspicious behavior and crimes by Muslims are investigated: the bias often favors Muslim suspects. Recall how reporters covering the Ft. Hood massacre went out of their way to avoid mentioning the fact that Maj. Hassan (the killer) had screamed out "Allahu Akbar!" before firing, and how many others waited days before noting his Muslim heritage and anti-American resentment. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/What-if-the-Colorado-shooter-was-named-Muhammed/-20756915561496380.htmlLaura2012-07-24T03:06:00ZFor first lady, Olympic trip is 'dream come true'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/For-first-lady,-Olympic-trip-is-dream-come-true/442681407710846188.html2012-07-23T21:56:00Z2012-07-23T21:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jul/23/us-michelle-obama-olympics/" target="_blank">How is traveling on the taxpayers' dime</a> any different from what she normally does? Can't the Olympics just be for the athletes? Why does it have to adopt an "agenda" of "Let's Move!" Whether I turn on my kids cartoons Saturday morning, watch a sports playoff game, see a promo for the Nickelodeon Awards Show, FLOTUS is ALWAYS there. Enough already. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/For-first-lady,-Olympic-trip-is-dream-come-true/442681407710846188.htmlLaura2012-07-23T21:56:00ZWoman dies after abortion, hemorrhage at Planned Parenthood clinicLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Woman-dies-after-abortion,-hemorrhage-at-Planned-Parenthood-clinic/-320711025103453483.html2012-07-23T11:21:00Z2012-07-23T11:21:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-planned-parenthood-issues-condolences-following-clinic-death-20120722,0,7414359.story" target="_blank">Another heartbreaking story</a> in a line of millions dating back to 1973, when the first of the Roe's 40 million abortions occurred. Planned Parenthood's "condolences" are empty words. For decades PP has been complicit in covering up sex trafficking, prostitution, and statutory rape. Lila Rose and her Live Action group has repeatedly blown off the lid off at the corruption and callousness. The prayer and struggle to protect innocent life and educate women to choose life continues. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Woman-dies-after-abortion,-hemorrhage-at-Planned-Parenthood-clinic/-320711025103453483.htmlLaura2012-07-23T11:21:00ZAurora murder scene devastating...and Chicago's tooLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Aurora-murder-scene-devastating...and-Chicagos-too/-669860729857916977.html2012-07-20T16:47:00Z2012-07-20T16:47:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>If the President chooses to fly to Colorado to address the community as it process its grief, I hope he will consider making a similar plea for order and healing in his hometown of Chicago. Gang and drug-related violence have sent the city spiraling out of control this summer. So far this month, <a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/middle-class-guy/2012/jul/17/rahm-emanuel-and-chicago-summer-murder-and-mayhem/" target="_blank">27 were murdered in the city</a>, with last month's killing of 7-year-old Heaven Sutton especially heart-breaking. We have a values crisis in this country, not a "gun crisis." A polluted popular culture where rampant promiscuity and gratuitous violence are everywhere. Families without strong male role models present. Girls who demean themselves sexually in order to be popular. Men who treat women as property to be used and discarded. Faith under attack by government institutions and politicians who prefer that Washington be our favorite place of worship. We can and must do better. The carnage in our society today extends far beyond a movie theater in Aurora. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Aurora-murder-scene-devastating...and-Chicagos-too/-669860729857916977.htmlLaura2012-07-20T16:47:00ZHypocrisy Watch: Obama fund raises with ruthless outsourcerLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hypocrisy-Watch:-Obama-fund-raises-with-ruthless-outsourcer/770757562516524798.html2012-07-19T15:32:00Z2012-07-19T15:32:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Obama campaign has been railing against Bain "the pioneer" of outsourcing. <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/obama-fundraises-with-ruthless-outsourcer" target="_blank">Now the truth comes out</a>. And of course Michelle has praised Bain-funded Bright Horizons in recent years, too. How many outfits hanging in Michelle's closet were made overseas? How many of the kids toys? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hypocrisy-Watch:-Obama-fund-raises-with-ruthless-outsourcer/770757562516524798.htmlLaura2012-07-19T15:32:00ZObama too busy to meet with Jobs CouncilLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-too-busy-to-meet-with-Jobs-Council/195750291811232522.html2012-07-18T20:43:00Z2012-07-18T20:43:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/07/white-house-obamas-plate-too-full-for-jobs-council-129350.html" target="_blank">This says it all</a>. Obama's not too busy for golf or basketball games or campaigning though. Or anything that involves his spending time with Hollywood celebs. Clooney trumps jobs, baby! Oh Job Growth, Where Art Thou? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-too-busy-to-meet-with-Jobs-Council/195750291811232522.htmlLaura2012-07-18T20:43:00ZLong blasts Gillibrand's 'phony war on women'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Long-blasts-Gillibrands-phony-war-on-women/-417569180515507819.html2012-07-18T16:33:00Z2012-07-18T16:33:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Republican National Committee and other so-called political experts have often written off Senate or House races in "blue states" such as California, Connecticut or New York. This is short-sighted, a grievous mistake. Yesterday the President stormed Texas for money, sticking out his chest and sticking his eye in the finger of Republicans. Smart move by Obama. (And yet who thinks he'll win Texas?!) In New York, we have a chance to broaden the base of the Republican party and WIN. <a href="http://www.wendylongfornewyork.com/" target="_blank"> Wendy Long</a> is exactly the type of smart, conservative and accomplished woman we should be running in races across America. But they need support--that means financial backing in order to be competitive. Liberal Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is eminently beatable, in part because a candidate like Ms. Long is perfectly poised to expose the "<a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/city/politics/article953045.ece" target="_blank"> phony war on women</a>" argument made by by the far-left. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Long-blasts-Gillibrands-phony-war-on-women/-417569180515507819.htmlLaura2012-07-18T16:33:00ZJohn "Souter" Sununu changes Romney narrative...for the worseLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/John-Souter-Sununu-changes-Romney-narrative...for-the-worse/-627011587723495566.html2012-07-18T11:59:00Z2012-07-18T11:59:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>From the AP: "On a conference call with reporters, former New Hampshire Governor John Sununu blasted Obama and his campaign, calling them a 'bunch of liars.' Obama has repeatedly sought to end false speculation by many conservatives that he was not born in the United States and thus is not legally able to serve as president....Romney has repeatedly tried to avoid the so-called birth issue, and Sununu was quick to retreat from his statement. "I wish the president would learn how to be an American," Sununu said." Sununu, in an interview with CNN later in the day, said: "What I thought I said but what I didn't say is the president has to learn the American formula for creating business." <br /><br /> Aside from the distraction he foisted upon the campaign on Tuesday, there is a more obvious question about Sununu being on the campaign trail for Romney. Why on earth would any Republican think sending John Sununu out to speak under any circumstances would be helpful? Until he explains his thinking behind the George H.W. Bush nomination of David Souter for the Supreme Court, Republicans really don't need his "help." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/John-Souter-Sununu-changes-Romney-narrative...for-the-worse/-627011587723495566.htmlLaura2012-07-18T11:59:00ZPornification alert! Girls as young as 6 want to be 'sexy'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pornification-alert!-Girls-as-young-as-6-want-to-be-sexy/958418914863466472.html2012-07-17T11:31:00Z2012-07-17T11:31:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Why is anyone surprised by a <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2174651/Girls-young-SIX-want-sexy-shocking-study-finds.html" target="_blank">new study</a> that shows the effects of our super-sexualized culture? In today's culture the more we debase ourselves, flaunt our bodies, the more we are celebrated and rewarded in the popular culture. Those who consider themselves evolved and sophisticated push sexual topics on children at obscenely young ages in school, TV, billboards, music lyrics, and films. Parents who try to raise their sons and daughters in an atmosphere that values modesty and chastity are called at best na&iuml;ve and at worst negligent. Parents who believe that conversations about sexual identity should happen in the home and not be pushed in 2nd grade are branded "hateful" or "intolerant." So at the end of the day many young women find it easier to aspire to sexual objectification than moral edification. Innocence is shattered. Elites rejoice. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pornification-alert!-Girls-as-young-as-6-want-to-be-sexy/958418914863466472.htmlLaura2012-07-17T11:31:00ZThe incredible Bain jobs machineLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-incredible-Bain-jobs-machine/-931515335716778212.html2012-07-17T00:48:00Z2012-07-17T00:48:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Romney should tell this story over and over again. "I'll measure my business experience against Barack Obama's any day. He thinks people who start businesses don't do it on their own. Typical mentality of someone who has never started a business or worked in a real business. Like so many liberals, he believes nothing exists without government assistance or hand-outs. This is ignorant and destructive." <br /><br /> <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303740704577527200796292034.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop" target="_blank">Read this article from the Wall Street Journal</a> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-incredible-Bain-jobs-machine/-931515335716778212.htmlLaura2012-07-17T00:48:00ZObama camp laughs off apology, tells Romney to stop whiningLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-camp-laughs-off-apology,-tells-Romney-to-stop-whining/796976230169102627.html2012-07-16T13:23:00Z2012-07-16T13:23:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Romney campaign doesn't have months to turn this around. It might not even have weeks to do it. It may have only days. Of course the Romney staff is correct in saying that Team Obama's questions about Romney's Bain tenure, his tax returns, outsourcing are not nasty and irrelevant to our national state of decline. Of course it's diversionary. But all the high-paid consultants working for Mitt Romney should know that this is how politics works. With the economy where it is under Obama, Democrats will work 24/7 to distract and demonize their opponent with the help of their friends in the media. Whoever in the Romney campaign thought the candidate would look strong and forceful by demanding that Obama apologize should be sued for impersonating a human with a brain. <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/15/romney-adviser-bain-attacks-unfair-theyre-working/" target="_blank">The Obama campaign basically answered</a> with: Make me! (followed by another cross-cut.) Stand up, clear up whatever lingers, then relentlessly expose Obama for being the enemy of the free market that he has become. Boil down your 59-point plan that no one knows or cares much about to 5 points max. Make these items your immediate "to-do" list for reviving the country's fortunes. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-camp-laughs-off-apology,-tells-Romney-to-stop-whining/796976230169102627.htmlLaura2012-07-16T13:23:00ZWelcome to California: America without RepublicansLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Welcome-to-California:-America-without-Republicans/-598355796189136010.html2012-07-16T11:39:00Z2012-07-16T11:39:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/welcome-to-california-america-without-republicans/article/2502102" target="_blank">This piece</a> echoes the blog posting I wrote last week. You have heard of "dead zones" in bays and lakes because of pollution. California is on its way to becoming a "dead zone" for new business. America follows California's tax &amp; spend and sanctuary city policies and it risks becoming a very very large dead zone. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Welcome-to-California:-America-without-Republicans/-598355796189136010.htmlLaura2012-07-16T11:39:00ZRomney slams Obama welfare waiver moveLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-slams-Obama-welfare-waiver-move/-827548245474093533.html2012-07-13T16:56:00Z2012-07-13T16:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Romney campaign is starting to <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/13/romney-slams-obama-welfare-waiver-move/" target="_blank">turn up the heat</a>--GOOD. Every day they should be hammering away at the President's role in driving our nation further into decline and dependency. Ingraham Rule of Politics: Frame your opponent before he frames you! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-slams-Obama-welfare-waiver-move/-827548245474093533.htmlLaura2012-07-13T16:56:00ZIn 2008 Obama promised to stop offshore tax havens (video)Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/In-2008-Obama-promised-to-stop-offshore-tax-havens-video/93518735201613746.html2012-07-12T11:18:00Z2012-07-12T11:18:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>He didn't care enough to <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/andrewkaczynski/obama-promise-in-2008-promised-to-shut-down-offsho" target="_blank">close the loopholes</a> for Romney and company - he had his entire first term! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/In-2008-Obama-promised-to-stop-offshore-tax-havens-video/93518735201613746.htmlLaura2012-07-12T11:18:00ZNAACP convention, minus its hero ObamaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NAACP-convention,-minus-its-hero-Obama/324727043317956026.html2012-07-11T14:02:00Z2012-07-11T14:02:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/10/naacp-welcomes-top-political-figures-but-obama-notably-absent/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher#ixzz20JWn7cj9" target="_blank">More evidence</a> that he takes the black vote for granted. Why speak to the convention when he believes he'll get 95 percent support from the black community? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NAACP-convention,-minus-its-hero-Obama/324727043317956026.htmlLaura2012-07-11T14:02:00ZMichelle Obama is her hubby's 'middle-class messenger'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-Obama-is-her-hubbys-middle-class-messenger/-549612598350924064.html2012-07-11T13:34:00Z2012-07-11T13:34:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>No, this line was not ripped from the Colbert Report. It is an <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0712/78378.html" target="_blank">actual story</a> written by an actual reporter for an actual website. Have we not forgotten that Mrs. Obama and her glamorous self took more far-flung vacations courtesy of the U.S. taxpayers than any First Lady in our nation's history? These jaunts are often fraudulently billed as "official business." (See, e.g., her Botswana safari.) The oldest trick in the Obama book! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-Obama-is-her-hubbys-middle-class-messenger/-549612598350924064.htmlLaura2012-07-11T13:34:00ZObummer economy update: the Left Coast EditionLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obummer-economy-update:-the-Left-Coast-Edition/400197274595368430.html2012-07-11T13:07:00Z2012-07-11T13:07:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Think of California as a liberal pols' paradise--a government dominated by Dems, sanctuary cities galore, never-ending social spending, and the Hollywood establishment running the culture. The end result? The state is drowning in red ink, businesses and individuals are fleeing its sky-high taxes, and now some of its cities are throwing in the towel. <a href="http://www.npr.org/2012/07/11/156595334/business-news" target="_blank">A third Cali city has now announced</a> it is filing for bankruptcy. This is what the rest of America will end up like if Pres. Obama somehow manages to out-hustle and out-strategize Mitt Romney for votes and support. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obummer-economy-update:-the-Left-Coast-Edition/400197274595368430.htmlLaura2012-07-11T13:07:00ZRomney set to counterattack on BainLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-set-to-counterattack-on-Bain/267882218988495401.html2012-07-10T11:44:00Z2012-07-10T11:44:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>It's about time--<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/romney-set-to-counterattack-on-bain" target="_blank">the narrative</a> about his impressive experience in American business should be set by Mitt Romney, not by those who demonize business and vilify free market success. Regarding the president's "big" tax cut extension announcement, Romney needs to say that anyone who thinks that the solution to our nation&rsquo;s problems is to increase the top income tax rate from 35% to 39.6% has no business serving in low-level government job, let alone as president. Obama is raising that argument to divide us. And he is raising it as a smoke screen to hide the fact that he has spent trillions of dollars of our children's and grandchildren&rsquo;s money to make government bigger. And the result is that we have a bigger debt and our economy is no better off than before we spent it. <br /><br /> THIS IS SIMPLE. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-set-to-counterattack-on-Bain/267882218988495401.htmlLaura2012-07-10T11:44:00Z"Closed book" Obama says Romney needs to be an "open book"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Closed-book-Obama-says-Romney-needs-to-be-an-open-book/921472197875550323.html2012-07-10T11:40:00Z2012-07-10T11:40:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Cue the laughter. This Administration hides tens of thousands of documents in an investigation regarding the death of a border patrol agent. It's belief in "openness" and "transparency" certainly didn't compel the White House releasing the names of those who helped craft Obamacare, or the names of lobbyists who regularly meet with his top staff over coffee across the street from the White House. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/obama-says-romney-needs-to-be-an-open-book/" target="_blank">Candidate Obama's "openness"</a> didn't even extend to releasing his college transcripts! Hypocrisy runneth over, as usual, in politics. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Closed-book-Obama-says-Romney-needs-to-be-an-open-book/921472197875550323.htmlLaura2012-07-10T11:40:00ZObama's lowering expectations game may be workingLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-lowering-expectations-game-may-be-working/795201599336928529.html2012-07-09T20:40:00Z2012-07-09T20:40:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://nationaljournal.com/columns/common-sense/voters-no-longer-seeking-mr-fix-it-20120706" target="_blank">More Americans seem to be giving up on the notion</a> that things will get markedly better for the United States economy. This is a frightening development and must be addressed by any serious Republican seeking national office. Once Americans start thinking that being #1 as a country is not important or attainable, we are sunk. The people are looking for a leader who believes it is unacceptable for us to be anything BUT the unquestioned global superpower or to have our strength challenged by China or any other country for that matter. It is unacceptable for hard-working Americans to see opportunities for advancement dwindle and wages stagnate. And it is unacceptable to see this country that we love become less free day by day. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-lowering-expectations-game-may-be-working/795201599336928529.htmlLaura2012-07-09T20:40:00ZMaybe the GOP critics worried about Romney's campaign were on to somethingLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Maybe-the-GOP-critics--worried-about-Romneys-campaign-were-on-to-something/319003962955753772.html2012-07-09T15:16:00Z2012-07-09T15:16:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-07-08/swing-states-poll/56097052/1" target="_blank">From USA Today:</a> "At this point, Obama is the clear winner in the ad wars. Among swing-state voters who say the ads have changed their minds about a candidate, rather than just confirmed what they already thought, 76% now support the president, vs. 16% favoring Romney." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Maybe-the-GOP-critics--worried-about-Romneys-campaign-were-on-to-something/319003962955753772.htmlLaura2012-07-09T15:16:00ZObama readies new fight with GOP over tax cutsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-readies-new-fight-with-GOP-over-tax-cuts/773291918023237915.html2012-07-09T14:16:00Z2012-07-09T14:16:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/us/politics/obama-seeks-2013-tax-cuts-within-limits.html?_r=2&amp;partner=MYWAY&amp;ei=5065" target="_blank">The New York Times</a> gives us a heads up (straight from the Obama campaign) regarding David Axelrod's new strategy to marginalize Republicans over their idea to spur the economy through tax cuts for business and individuals. Mitt Romney should be salivating at the opportunity to hammer the president on his one-note approach to governance during a downturn: tax &amp; spend, the endless loop of liberalism that requires us to go further into debt with little to no pay-off for America (see, e.g., Obama's first $860b "stimulus"). For the next four months, while relentlessly pointing out the failed policies of Barack Obama, Mitt Romney must show the nation that his plans for American will make everybody's boat rise, not just the wealthy, not just Wall Street. Leading up to November, Democrats and many of their media intimates will do everything in their power to switch the narrative to "Mitt the destroyer, Mitt the out-sourcer, Mitt-the-guy-who-doesn't understand people like you." Romney's response might be: "Pres. Obama said he wouldn't rest until every American who wanted a job could find a job. Yet 3 1/2 years later, his policies have led to nation that is weaker, less prosperous, and leveraged to the hilt. The President parties like a rock star, as we see our future slip away. To him, nothing that has happened under his watch is his responsibility. America is tired of this immature and counterproductive style of leading. We want real leaders who take responsibility when things go sour, and shower others with credit when things go well. I will lead, not blame because you deserve better." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-readies-new-fight-with-GOP-over-tax-cuts/773291918023237915.htmlLaura2012-07-09T14:16:00ZBack-to-basics: Why single-sex education is spreading across the USLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Back-to-basics:-Why-single-sex-education-is-spreading-across-the-US/260279737886549985.html2012-07-09T12:56:00Z2012-07-09T12:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0708/Why-single-sex-education-is-spreading-across-the-US" target="_blank">Why should anyone be surprised?</a> With sexting and porn bombardment everywhere, may be more important than ever to keep those raging hormones apart. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Back-to-basics:-Why-single-sex-education-is-spreading-across-the-US/260279737886549985.htmlLaura2012-07-09T12:56:00ZWhat Ann Romney can learn from Michelle Obama (cue the laughter!)Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/What-Ann-Romney-can-learn-from-Michelle-Obama-cue-the-laughter!/379783332271572488.html2012-07-09T12:54:00Z2012-07-09T12:54:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/post/what-ann-romney-can-learn-from-michelle-obama/2012/07/06/gJQARl89QW_blog.html" target="_blank">More bias</a> from the increasingly irrelevant Washington Post. How about the other way around?! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/What-Ann-Romney-can-learn-from-Michelle-Obama-cue-the-laughter!/379783332271572488.htmlLaura2012-07-09T12:54:00ZFact Check: Obama Ad Attacks Romney's Bain Capital RecordLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fact-Check:-Obama-Ad-Attacks-Romneys-Bain-Capital-Record/-230641616833413122.html2012-07-06T17:23:00Z2012-07-06T17:23:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.8newsnow.com/story/18960054/fact-check-obama-ad-attacks-romneys-bain-capital-record" target="_blank">This is a great story</a> about how the Obama campaign's Bain attacks are total BUNK. Romney's team needs to slam back on this (so hard that Obama is embarrassed to bring it up again). Of course--this is not to say that being on the perpetual defensive is the answer--obviously, Romney should offer a positive vision for America's long-term economic growth. (And seeing the Governor get a little ticked off every now and then wouldn't be bad either--Friday's jobs numbers were pathetic.) <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Fact-Check:-Obama-Ad-Attacks-Romneys-Bain-Capital-Record/-230641616833413122.htmlLaura2012-07-06T17:23:00ZObama's family stories that boreLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-family-stories-that-bore/-377090159118056474.html2012-07-06T11:59:00Z2012-07-06T11:59:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>In Ohio the President is <a href="http://articles.boston.com/2012-07-05/news/32553660_1_michelle-obama-president-barack-obama-malia" target="_blank">putting on usual act</a>, invokes his 14-year-old daughter, makes an awkward joke...is there anyone alive who isn't tired of this narrative? It's just as unconvincing as his phony memoir. Our country needs a long-term recovery, not a relapse brought on by extreme boredom and a "razzle dazzle" act worn thin. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-family-stories-that-bore/-377090159118056474.htmlLaura2012-07-06T11:59:00ZAs Obama hits China trade policy--will Romney?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/As-Obama-hits-China-trade-policy--will-Romney/-227569129360956860.html2012-07-06T11:28:00Z2012-07-06T11:28:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>China is getting away with murder (figuratively and literally)--both in terms of how it enforces its genocidal "one-child policy," and in terms of its flagrant and repeated cheating on trade agreements. Currency manipulation is just one element of its utter disregard for international trade norms. During the primary season, Mitt Romney was consistently the best at bringing this issue to light and most firm in his pledge to hold China accountable during his first term in office. Those of us who believe China, although not without its own problems, poses serious trategic and economic problems for America, want to hear more from Romney on this issue, and we want to know that he's commited to an efficient global marketplace that punishes trade wrongdoing. As predicted, Obama knows this issue helps him in key swing states like Ohio, so <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/07/05/us-usa-campaign-obama-idUSBRE8640WM20120705?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=topNews&amp;utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">he swung away at China</a> Thursday as Romney was sailing on the Lake. I hope when Romney's back on the trail, he both exposes Obama's pathetic record on China and gives us more specifics about what his own will be. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/As-Obama-hits-China-trade-policy--will-Romney/-227569129360956860.htmlLaura2012-07-06T11:28:00ZSquandered opportunity in RomneylandLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Squandered-opportunity-in-Romneyland/332320674577394963.html2012-07-05T14:33:00Z2012-07-05T14:33:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Somehow the Romney campaign has lost the momentum of a terrible Obamacare ruling and created a new media narrative of GOP confusion and dissent. I said and wrote last week that getting bollixed up on whether the mandate is a "tax" or "penalty" is silly and unproductive. <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304141204577506652734793044.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop" target="_blank">The Wall Street Journal</a> is slamming the Romney campaign today for its muddled message and "insular" staff. Do you agree? Join us on Twitter and Facebook to discuss. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Squandered-opportunity-in-Romneyland/332320674577394963.htmlLaura2012-07-05T14:33:00ZPres. Lawless now may stop enforcing drug laws!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pres.-Lawless-now-may-stop-enforcing-drug-laws!/280766285976613395.html2012-07-02T22:03:00Z2012-07-02T22:03:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race/2012/07/exclusive-in-his-second-term-obama-will-pivot-to-the-drug-war.html?mbid=social_retweet" target="_blank">Why have laws at all</a> when Pres. Obama can ignore the ones that don't suit his agenda? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Pres.-Lawless-now-may-stop-enforcing-drug-laws!/280766285976613395.htmlLaura2012-07-02T22:03:00ZAmerica . . . in DeclineLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/America-.-.-.-in-Decline/-64671237930575089.html2012-07-02T16:57:00Z2012-07-02T16:57:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/02/egypt-policy-shows-how-well-obama-has-managed-america-s-decline.html" target="_blank">The Dems are quite open now about it</a>--Obama is good...at "managing" our decline! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/America-.-.-.-in-Decline/-64671237930575089.htmlLaura2012-07-02T16:57:00ZGuys who like My Little Pony Unite!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Guys-who-like-My-Little-Pony-Unite!/-584203608635561792.html2012-07-02T12:41:00Z2012-07-02T12:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>If you ever thought concerns about the waning sense of masculinity were overblown, <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120701/D9VO8L0O2.html" target="_blank"> read this disturbing piece</a> about what some of today's men are doing in their spare time. Perpetual adolescence and boys who like girl toys combine to produce...DRUMROLL PLEASE... "BronyCon!" <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Guys-who-like-My-Little-Pony-Unite!/-584203608635561792.htmlLaura2012-07-02T12:41:00ZThe way the First Ladies' cookies crumble...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-way-the-First-Ladies-cookies-crumble.../-527222364510194123.html2012-07-02T03:04:00Z2012-07-02T03:04:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Let's try each cookie and vote. What do <a href="http://theweek.com/article/index/229965/michelle-obama-vs-ann-romney-the-demeaning-cookie-bake-off" target="_blank">first lady bake-offs</a> tell us about the election? Hmmmm... <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-way-the-First-Ladies-cookies-crumble.../-527222364510194123.htmlLaura2012-07-02T03:04:00ZOn Factor, Law Prof. Says John Roberts Should ResignLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/On-Factor,-Law-Prof.-Says-John-Roberts-Should-Resign/976702817033262041.html2012-06-30T13:45:00Z2012-06-30T13:45:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/on-oreilly-factor-law-professor-says-john-roberts-should-resign-over-obamacare-ruling/" target="_blank">Watch this hot segment</a> when I hosted the Factor--Prof. John Eastman was on with Mike Carvin who argued against Obamacare at SCOTUS. Searing legal analysis regarding why John Roberts headed for the leftist hills in his majority opinion on healthcare. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/On-Factor,-Law-Prof.-Says-John-Roberts-Should-Resign/976702817033262041.htmlLaura2012-06-30T13:45:00ZChief Justice Roberts the next Earl Warren?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chief-Justice-Roberts-the-next-Earl-Warren/860244986403119084.html2012-06-29T17:31:00Z2012-06-29T17:31:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>For those who think that there is any conservative "victory" to celebrate in yesterday's ruling, listen to the interview I did with Mike Carvin, who argued the case against Obamacare at the Supreme Court. The fact of the matter is, the Supreme Court could have overturned the ACA and chose instead to save it by rewriting it. Carvin considers this decision a massive expansion of federal taxing authority that will survive long after November, no matter which party wins. So is Chief Justice John Roberts the next Earl Warren? <br /><br /> Be sure to check out the highlights below of the interview with Michael Carvin and <a href="/pg/jsp/charts/streamingAudioMaster.jsp?dispid=302&amp;headerDest=L3BnL2pzcC9tZWRpYS9mbGFzaHdlbGNvbWUuanNwP3BpZD0xMzE0NQ==" target="_blank">the audio of the entire interview here</a>. <br /><br /> Laura: The fact that Congress could be deemed to use its taxing authority of services not purchased by people. What does that mean, is there any limiting principle to that? <br /><br />Carvin: (1:15) No, I don&rsquo;t think so. I mean on one hand, Chief Justice Roberts made it clear that it would be an extraordinary act for Congress to be able to require you to buy a product. But then he said, but even if they say it&rsquo;s a penalty, and even if they say you&rsquo;re required to buy the product, I&rsquo;m gonna treat it as a tax. So the only difference, on the one hand he&rsquo;s saying the Commerce Clause doesn&rsquo;t allow you to impose a $2,000 penalty for not buying insurance, but then he&rsquo;s saying but of course the taxing clause allows you to impose a $2000 penalty for not buying insurance. To the non-legal mind it&rsquo;s a little tough to figure out the difference between the two, but apparently the Chief Justice saw one. <br /><br /> Laura: Did you think by any stretch that the decision would come down like this?<br /><br /> Carvin: (2:02) You know you&rsquo;re always worried about whether or not the Court&rsquo;s going be influenced by the political environment, and of course the Court was sustaining withering assault from the liberals about how for some reason a 5-4 vote to uphold this law would be an act of statesmanship but a 5-4 vote to strike it down would be an act of partisanship. It was a silly argument but apparently it had some effect, so you&rsquo;re always nervous about it. I never in a million years though they&rsquo;d go off on this absurd taxing rationale, no court has ever bought it anywhere, it was a ridiculous argument in the brief, they didn&rsquo;t even ask about it at oral argument. So this is sort of the, you know, Frankenstein monster at the end of the day comes in quite unexpectedly and snatches the feat from the jaws of victory. <br /><br /> Laura: So they could also require you to buy certain types of green products or cars or something. Broccoli isn&rsquo;t what I&rsquo;m worried about, I&rsquo;m worried about what other things they can compel us to do.<br /><br /> Carvin: (4:19) There&rsquo;s nothing they can&rsquo;t. I mean obviously we know now they can tax any transaction. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chief-Justice-Roberts-the-next-Earl-Warren/860244986403119084.htmlLaura2012-06-29T17:31:00ZThis is not "victory" for conservativesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/This-is-not-victory-for-conservatives/-910711557422587213.html2012-06-29T11:26:00Z2012-06-29T11:26:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Some conservatives are <a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/28/curl-roberts-to-the-rescue-for-romney/" target="_blank">spinning the healthcare ruling</a> as a win for Romney...do you agree? It's true that Mitt Romney raised gobs of money after this decision came down; and it's true that a 5-4 majority did slap down the Obama Administration's attempt to expand the Commerce Clause. Nevertheless, what about the fact that now SCOTUS precedent allows government to force you to buy something, in an attempt to change your behavior, by just calling it a tax (even if Congress insisted it wasn't a tax in the actual legislation). What limiting principle exists on the Supreme Court's reading of Congress' taxing power after Thursday's ruling? And what does this mean for our freedom if Mitt Romney does not prevail in November? And even if Romney does win, the obscene and illogical tax holding of the Roberts' Court stands. We are less free today then we were before The Chief's "delicate twist." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/This-is-not-victory-for-conservatives/-910711557422587213.htmlLaura2012-06-29T11:26:00ZBiden: Economy a "Depression for Millions and Millions..."Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Biden:-Economy-a-Depression-for-Millions-and-Millions.../-5663889080652376.html2012-06-28T12:13:00Z2012-06-28T12:13:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Finally, <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/biden-economy-a-depression-for-millions-and-millions-of-americans/" target="_blank">VP Biden says</a> something we enthusiastically second! Under Pres. Obama, for a large segment of the population it might as well be a depression. And he's the one who is supposed to "fire up" middle class voters? If I didn't know better, I'd think he was secretly working for the Romney campaign. Hilarious. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Biden:-Economy-a-Depression-for-Millions-and-Millions.../-5663889080652376.htmlLaura2012-06-28T12:13:00ZNew poll: Immigration amnesty hurts ObamaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/New-poll:-Immigration-amnesty-hurts-Obama/117444496678732730.html2012-06-28T11:52:00Z2012-06-28T11:52:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The conventional wisdom is that President Obama pulled off a policy coup with his recent executive order against deporting those illegals under-30. A new Quinnipiac Poll calls that assumption into question. The president may have kicked a hornet's nest with this issue--even in the Latino stronghold of Florida. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/New-poll:-Immigration-amnesty-hurts-Obama/117444496678732730.htmlLaura2012-06-28T11:52:00ZCan Mideast Christians Survive?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Can-Mideast-Christians-Survive/-900472545667765368.html2012-06-27T20:37:00Z2012-06-27T20:37:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>It would have been nice if neoconservatives (and myself!) had <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/304194/can-mideast-christians-survive-mark-tooley" target="_blank">thought about this</a> 10 years ago. Precious little was done to secure rights and protections for religious minorities in Iraq, Egypt, Syria and beyond. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Can-Mideast-Christians-Survive/-900472545667765368.htmlLaura2012-06-27T20:37:00ZLet's hope someone gets this poll to Anthony KennedyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lets-hope-someone-gets-this-poll-to-Anthony-Kennedy/887385317678233442.html2012-06-26T19:25:00Z2012-06-26T19:25:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Pres. Obama's signature health care law has never gotten even plurality support among the American people. Even media elite-types aren't wild about the legislative monstrosity. Given Justice Kennedy's "evolving" approach to jurisprudence, let's hope that he sees <a href="http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/06/26/12419577-nbcwsj-poll-more-would-be-pleased-if-health-law-ruled-unconstitutional?lite" target="_blank">this new poll</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Lets-hope-someone-gets-this-poll-to-Anthony-Kennedy/887385317678233442.htmlLaura2012-06-26T19:25:00ZThey're not all honor roll students...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Theyre-not-all-honor-roll-students.../123463331748488264.html2012-06-26T18:01:00Z2012-06-26T18:01:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>After the SCOTUS ruling on Arizona's SB1070, the Obama Administration announced it will move to deport illegal aliens detained by state law enforcement unless those individuals already have a felony record. It should be noted that DUI in Arizona is a misdemeanor, unless the defendant commits another DUI on a suspended license. Over Memorial Day weekend, Olivia Wilson, a popular 17-year-old Mesa high school student and talented athlete was killed by Alfonso Valdez-Olea as he traveled the wrong way on I-17. He had been deported back to Mexico 6 times, was drunk at the time of the crash, and was himself killed. <a href="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e94_1339255226" target="_blank">After being contacted by the local ABC affiliate</a>, Olivia Wilson&rsquo;s family issued this statement: &ldquo;Every politician and person who has ignored the importance of securing our border with Mexico shares the blame in our daughter&rsquo;s death.&rdquo; Does Barack Obama, Eric Holder and Janet Napolitano care as much about these victims as votes in November? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Theyre-not-all-honor-roll-students.../123463331748488264.htmlLaura2012-06-26T18:01:00ZDems may drop speedway event at Charlotte conventionLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dems-may-drop-speedway-event-at-Charlotte-convention/-666013883149610746.html2012-06-26T11:32:00Z2012-06-26T11:32:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Having stupidly selected Charlotte as their convention site, Democrats are scrambling to salvage the 3-day extravaganza by re-configuring some events and canceling others. <a href="http://mobile.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-26/democrats-may-drop-speedway-event-at-charlotte-convention.html" target="_blank">Organizers are now thinking twice about a Speedway event</a>, given the likely presence of tea party racing devotees and left-wing kooks. Probably a good idea since I imagine there are more conservative Streisand fans than liberal NASCAR fans. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dems-may-drop-speedway-event-at-Charlotte-convention/-666013883149610746.htmlLaura2012-06-26T11:32:00ZThey're not all valedictorians...Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Theyre-not-all-valedictorians.../204494905101534545.html2012-06-25T19:58:00Z2012-06-25T19:58:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Perhaps Justice Kennedy didn't bother looking at the crime blotters in Arizona, California, Virginia, Florida, Texas, etc. In his majority opinion, striking down three provisions of Arizona's SB1070, he empathized with the "human" concerns of illegal immigrant families trying to feed their families. Do the victims of the crimes committed by illegal aliens stir the same impassioned resposne? Earlier this year, we discussed <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/illegal-immigrant-charged-in-rape-of-troy-mo-girl/article_be116a42-909c-11e1-865e-001a4bcf6878.html" target="_blank">the case of an illegal alien who raped a little girl</a> in Troy, Missouri. And in Escondido, California, more horrorific acts were committed by an <a href="http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Sex-Predator-Terrorized-Little-GirlPolice-131844788.html" target="_blank">illegal immigrant sex predator</a>. Then there was <a href="http://nation.foxnews.com/illegal-immigrant/2012/02/18/known-illegal-dui-killer-not-deported" target="_blank">the case of city officials in Chicago</a> who failed to bring an illegal alien's status to ICE and who later went on to kill a 66 year-old man. By some estimates, as many as 13 Americans are killed each day by an illegal alien behind the wheel, driving impaired. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Theyre-not-all-valedictorians.../204494905101534545.htmlLaura2012-06-25T19:58:00ZMuslim Bro'hood says Jerusalem will be theirLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Muslim-Brohood-says-Jerusalem-will-be-their/32335177108662317.html2012-06-25T02:12:00Z2012-06-25T02:12:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Congratulations, Mr. President. Your "Arab Spring" has turned into fall. The fall of religious freedom, the fall of stability and peace, and <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-TV/2012/06/24/Egypts-New-President-Our-Capital-Shall-Be-Jerusalem-Allah-Willing" target="_blank">if they have their way</a>, the fall of our closest ally in the Middle East--Israel. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Muslim-Brohood-says-Jerusalem-will-be-their/32335177108662317.htmlLaura2012-06-25T02:12:00ZMore illegals eligible under Obama order than thoughtLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-illegals-eligible-under-Obama-order-than-thought/974424815683341964.html2012-06-22T16:12:00Z2012-06-22T16:12:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Gee...what a shock. It won't just be 800,000 under the age of 30 who end up getting temporary "non-amnesty" amnesty under the Obama executive order. We will open the floodgates again, and a President Romney will be loathe to change the status of those who sign up for the "temporary" reprieve for legal status. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/06/21/analysis-1-4-million-eligible-for-obamas-deportation-reprieve/" target="_blank">Read the Washington Post update</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-illegals-eligible-under-Obama-order-than-thought/974424815683341964.htmlLaura2012-06-22T16:12:00ZNYPost: Wendy Long for SenateLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NYPost:-Wendy-Long-for-Senate/419926559221066063.html2012-06-22T11:39:00Z2012-06-22T11:39:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Conventional wisdom has it that Republicans cannot compete in places like California and New York. The CW crowd obviously hasn't met Wendy Long, who is a conservative running for Senate in New York. She already won the state's important Conservative Party nomination, and now is competing in the GOP primary to be held this Tuesday. A former Supreme Court law clerk, Manhattan litigator, and constitutional expert, and mother of two, Wendy Long is the perfect combination of brains and passion for restoring America. Republicans need to stop their defeatist mentality in "Blue States" in New England and on the West Coast. They need to be competitive everywhere or can look forward to permanent minority party status. Long understands this. New York's Democrat incumbent Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand was voted by National Journal as the most liberal senator in the United States. A former moderate on issues such as gun rights, she has lurched even to the left of Chuck Schumer. Wendy Long is not a professional politician. She is smarter than that! Today <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/wendy_long_for_the_gop_ixx1HrdQd5pCRU4MhvbJoI" target="_blank">the New York Post</a> agrees, endorsing Long over rivals Bob Turner and George Maragos. When others are morphing into whatever the latest "trends" or fads demand, voters can rest assured that Wendy Long stands firm in her principles, her belief in limited government, fiscal conservatism, the preeminence of the family, and our Constitution. <a href="http://www.wendylongfornewyork.com/" target="_blank">Click here</a> to help her in these final days. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/NYPost:-Wendy-Long-for-Senate/419926559221066063.htmlLaura2012-06-22T11:39:00ZHow one Brit paper sees it: F&F scandal is Obama's WatergateLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/How-one-Brit-paper-sees-it:-FF-scandal-is-Obamas-Watergate/525829444335132198.html2012-06-21T15:04:00Z2012-06-21T15:04:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>So much for improving our standing in the world. <a href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timstanley/100166854/the-fast-and-furious-scandal-is-turning-into-president-obamas-watergate/" target="_blank">Read the piece</a> in the Daily Telegraph about the gun-walking scandal and possible Administration cover-up. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/How-one-Brit-paper-sees-it:-FF-scandal-is-Obamas-Watergate/525829444335132198.htmlLaura2012-06-21T15:04:00ZRomney winning the mega-donor warLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-winning-the-mega-donor-war/866310916940034582.html2012-06-21T11:43:00Z2012-06-21T11:43:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>If Obama were winning in fundraising, left-leaning media types would think this was a sign if strength and momentum. When MSNBC anchors report these stories about Romney's <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77680.html" target="_blank">successful fundraising operation</a>, they usually look they they had just sat on a porcupine. How many people, by the way, do you know who didn't support Obama in 2008, but are voting for him in November? (I know of no such individual.) Conversely, how many people do you know who voted for Obama in 2008, who are switching to the GOP this year? (I know a fair number.) I'd like to see polling on this! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-winning-the-mega-donor-war/866310916940034582.htmlLaura2012-06-21T11:43:00ZContempt vote against Holder coming on Fast & FuriousLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Contempt-vote-against-Holder-coming-on-Fast--Furious/-489220009838209934.html2012-06-20T11:22:00Z2012-06-20T11:22:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>It's about to time--the Attorney General has been stonewalling for a year and the family of Brian Terry deserves answers. Holder should have met with Rep. Darrell Issa last year, and worked cooperatively with the <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0612/77610.html#ixzz1yJdUi6w5" target="_blank">Congressional inquiry</a> from the beginning. He waited until the eleventh hour, when the trust is shattered, to make a plea to Issa for a compromise. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Contempt-vote-against-Holder-coming-on-Fast--Furious/-489220009838209934.htmlLaura2012-06-20T11:22:00ZUnder Obama, America in declineLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Under-Obama,-America-in-decline/7514820458042322.html2012-06-20T11:18:00Z2012-06-20T11:18:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Although the G-20 gathering in Mexico didn't produce a solution for the ailing euro zone, it did outline the globe's new balance of power. <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120620/D9VGNMF01.html" target="_blank">Developing countries</a> projected optimism and wealth over the summit's two days, while European and U.S. leaders struggled just to stay solvent. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Under-Obama,-America-in-decline/7514820458042322.htmlLaura2012-06-20T11:18:00ZHypocrisy check! Michelle decriesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hypocrisy-check!-Michelle-decries/795240243740809882.html2012-06-19T11:39:00Z2012-06-19T11:39:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2161387/Michelle-Obama-slams-pursuit-fat-paychecks-nice-offices--corporate-lawyer-hospital-administrator-years-Barack-took-office.html#ixzz1yDtd8ikt" target="_blank">Hilarious piece</a> in the Daily Mail about our beloved First Lady...but then again, if you have dead the Obama Diaries, you already know about her "entitlement mentality." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hypocrisy-check!-Michelle-decries/795240243740809882.htmlLaura2012-06-19T11:39:00ZMexican President thanks Obama for keeping citizens in USLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mexican-President-thanks-Obama-for-keeping-citizens-in-US/935011901699649299.html2012-06-19T11:29:00Z2012-06-19T11:29:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Of course he must be thrilled! He gets to keep all the remittances without any of the problems. It isn't a stretch to believe that it is more important and meaningful for <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/mexican-president-thanks-obama-for-limiting-deportations/" target="_blank">Barack Obama to be thanked</a> by the Mexican people than appreciated by the American people. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mexican-President-thanks-Obama-for-keeping-citizens-in-US/935011901699649299.htmlLaura2012-06-19T11:29:00ZMexico Now Giving Brazil a Run for Its MoneyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mexico-Now-Giving-Brazil-a-Run-for-Its-Money/109815653802735571.html2012-06-18T12:38:00Z2012-06-18T12:38:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>No wonder Mexico prefers the billions in remittances rather than a return of millions of unskilled low wage workers--its economy is humming. Of course this begs the question: why can't illegal immigrants return to Mexico since its <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/18/world/americas/group-of-20-meets-in-a-mexico-outperforming-brazil.html?_r=2&amp;partner=MYWAY&amp;ei=5065" target="_blank">economy is doing so well</a>? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Mexico-Now-Giving-Brazil-a-Run-for-Its-Money/109815653802735571.htmlLaura2012-06-18T12:38:00ZVoters fear US could slip into a double-dip recessionLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Voters-fear-US-could-slip-into-a-double-dip-recession/-552759260068385173.html2012-06-18T12:31:00Z2012-06-18T12:31:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Want to know why President Obama is so determined to change the subject to immigration? Consider where the public mindset is on America's future. Three and a half years after he rose a tidal wave of hope into the White House, the nation is more, not less optimistic, about our future. <a href="http://thehill.com/polls/233125-the-hill-poll-voters-fear-us-could-slip-into-a-double-dip-recession" target="_blank">Read The Hill's account</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Voters-fear-US-could-slip-into-a-double-dip-recession/-552759260068385173.htmlLaura2012-06-18T12:31:00ZWith Obamamnesty for illegals under 30...remember these cases?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/With-Obamamnesty-for-illegals-under-30...remember-these-cases/-876723929122763579.html2012-06-15T22:54:00Z2012-06-15T22:54:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>To listen to President Obama, with his testy advocacy of amnesty for illegal aliens under the age of 30, one would think they are all either valedictorians or decorated war heroes. Because some have done well in America (after having the benefit of our public schools, healthcare system, and infrastructure), doesn't mean that there aren't those who will slip into legal status and abuse it. <a href="http://www.wwaytv3.com/2012/05/11/illegal-immigrant-pleads-guilty-to-raping-6-year-old-girl" target="_blank">Remember this case?</a> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/With-Obamamnesty-for-illegals-under-30...remember-these-cases/-876723929122763579.htmlLaura2012-06-15T22:54:00ZObama trolls for votes--amnesty dangledLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-trolls-for-votes--amnesty-dangled/973437868336930995.html2012-06-15T15:41:00Z2012-06-15T15:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Anyone who has followed the Barack Obama knows that he and his Chicago mob will do anything to stay in power. They will deny Congress documents as in the Fast &amp; Furious investigation. They will prostitute themselves and the White House itself to the highest bidder on the fundraising circuit. They will compromise national security to burnish their terror-fighting cred. And now they will <a href="http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jun/15/us-obama-immigration/" target="_blank">thwart the law</a> in a cynical attempt to spike the Latino vote in November. Like the attacks on Bain Capital, this is nauseating. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-trolls-for-votes--amnesty-dangled/973437868336930995.htmlLaura2012-06-15T15:41:00ZObama signs beam at WTC so taxpayers cover fundraising tripLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-signs-beam-at-WTC-so-taxpayers-cover-fundraising-trip/856878958445984816.html2012-06-15T13:32:00Z2012-06-15T13:32:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Obama Administration's corruption (Fast &amp; Furious, and massive national security leaks), seems to have spread to the campaign as well. The president spent much of Thursday hobnobbing with the entertainment and fashion elite at swanky fundraising events. The jaunts are lucrative for the campaign but are expensive to pull off because of travel and security costs. So, how clever for Obama to make taxpayers pick up the tab by shoe-horning an "official" WTC "<a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/obama-signs-beam-at-one-world-trade-center/" target="_blank">beam-signing</a>" into the trip. And they accused George W. Bush of using 9/11! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-signs-beam-at-WTC-so-taxpayers-cover-fundraising-trip/856878958445984816.htmlLaura2012-06-15T13:32:00ZHBO's "Game of Thrones" decapitates BushLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/HBOs-Game-of-Thrones-decapitates-Bush/337874772023062163.html2012-06-14T02:43:00Z2012-06-14T02:43:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2158950/Fury-HBOs-Game-Thrones-shows-President-George-W-Bushs-decapitated-head-impaled-STAKE.html#ix" target="_blank">His severed head is impaled on a stake</a>. Imagine if this were Obama! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/HBOs-Game-of-Thrones-decapitates-Bush/337874772023062163.htmlLaura2012-06-14T02:43:00ZObama campaign's erratic behavior concerns DemsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-campaigns-erratic-behavior-concerns-Dems/-531726150931737255.html2012-06-13T04:15:00Z2012-06-13T04:15:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-campaigns-erratic-behavior-concerns-some-democrats/2012/06/12/gJQAedXZYV_story.html" target="_blank">The Washington Post</a> is just catching on to what most sentient beings have known for some time--experienced Dems are finally beginning to see that there's a real possibility that Obama could not only blow this race but also take much of the liberal establishment with him. If things keep going south, watch a few Dems start (a la Clinton) to begin subtly criticizing his presidency. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-campaigns-erratic-behavior-concerns-Dems/-531726150931737255.htmlLaura2012-06-13T04:15:00ZForeigners snap up properties in the USLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Foreigners-snap-up-properties-in-the-US/976562015123648382.html2012-06-12T11:23:00Z2012-06-12T11:23:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Our family net worth is declining but at least citizens of other countries are doing well! <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303901504577460550067846454.html?mod=WSJ_GoogleNews&amp;mod=igoogle_wsj_gadgv1" target="_blank">The survey</a> showed that about 55% of all international buyers came from five countries: Canada, China, Mexico, India and the United Kingdom. Five states, meanwhile, accounted for around 55% of all sales to international buyers: Florida, California, Texas, Arizona, and New York. The survey found that 62% of international buyers paid in cash. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Foreigners-snap-up-properties-in-the-US/976562015123648382.htmlLaura2012-06-12T11:23:00ZThe political race gapLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-political-race-gap/-49895062915543295.html2012-06-12T11:20:00Z2012-06-12T11:20:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>It is now increasingly likely that Obama could lose the white vote in November. While minorities are poised to overtake them in the future, whites still make up the majority of the US right now. Senator Obama campaigned as the racial healer in 2008--so what happened? <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06/11/the_tipping_point_114438.html" target="_blank">Will his 2012 campaign dispatch surrogates</a> who blame the white-flight on racism? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-political-race-gap/-49895062915543295.htmlLaura2012-06-12T11:20:00ZSyria: Vogue's Anna Wintour disowns Asma al-AssadLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Syria:-Vogues-Anna-Wintour-disowns-Asma-al-Assad/-79532659694996355.html2012-06-12T02:21:00Z2012-06-12T02:21:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>An absolute knee-slapper--Anna is running scared before her Obama fund raiser this week. <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9325230/Syria-Vogues-Anna-Wintour-disowns-Asma-al-Assad.html" target="_blank">Vogue did a puff piece</a> last year on Syrian thug-in-chief's wife--what glamour! What grace! Carnage on the catwalk! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Syria:-Vogues-Anna-Wintour-disowns-Asma-al-Assad/-79532659694996355.htmlLaura2012-06-12T02:21:00ZSuddenly Obama claims he has "responsibilities"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Suddenly-Obama-claims-he-has-responsibilities/32641980742137699.html2012-06-12T01:46:00Z2012-06-12T01:46:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Now we're supposed to believe <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/06/why-obama-didnt-campaign-in-wisconsin-i-have-a-lot-of-responsibilities/" target="_blank">this is why he didn't campaign in Wisconsin</a>? Hilarious. He was campaigning in Iowa, Ohio and Minnesota recently. Basically he was a 20 minute flight from Wisconsin--and chose not to go. The Obama spin mode is tedious and predictable. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Suddenly-Obama-claims-he-has-responsibilities/32641980742137699.htmlLaura2012-06-12T01:46:00ZWhen Bushes attack: Jeb bashesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/When-Bushes-attack:-Jeb-bashes/842744150049075675.html2012-06-11T17:52:00Z2012-06-11T17:52:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Why on earth is this helpful, Governor? We nominated the most "well-liked," bipartisan Senator on Capitol Hill in 2008 and it blew up in our faces. The last thing we need is GOP-light. Plus, Jeb Bush is simply wrong that <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/jeb-bush-no-place-for-father-reagan-in-today39" target="_blank">today's GOP wouldn't nominate Reagan</a>. Of course we would. Not so sure about his dad, God bless him. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/When-Bushes-attack:-Jeb-bashes/842744150049075675.htmlLaura2012-06-11T17:52:00ZObama's early Chicago rise brought foreclosures, bankruptciesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-early-Chicago-rise-brought-foreclosures,-bankruptcies/724694620065952303.html2012-06-11T11:26:00Z2012-06-11T11:26:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/11/obamas-early-chicago-rise-brought-african-americans-foreclosures-bankruptcies/" target="_blank">A terrific piece</a> in the Daily Caller that reminds us again that the Democrats and anyone else who supported Obama, should have known better. So why didn't the press do its job in 2008 in exposing his record and unsavory political and personal connections? Easy answer: they were blinded by his "historic" light. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-early-Chicago-rise-brought-foreclosures,-bankruptcies/724694620065952303.htmlLaura2012-06-11T11:26:00ZVan Jones: Left wingers are no longer in love with ObamaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Van-Jones:-Left-wingers-are-no-longer-in-love-with-Obama/105121079081208580.html2012-06-11T11:21:00Z2012-06-11T11:21:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>President Obama's former green jobs czar and current left-wing malcontent <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/06/10/van-jones-left-wingers-no-longer-in-love-with-obama/" target="_blank">Van Jones spilled the green beans</a> on the set of This Week. Liberals are catching on to the real possibility that not only the presidency is at stake in November, but the entire fate of left-wing ideology as well. This may seem like a wicked case of wishful thinking but if Obama loses this November, it could mean a wipe-out of for democrats across the board, the start of a political realignment that affects blue and red states alike. In retrospect, the democrats made a huge mistake putting all their hopes and dreams in Mr. Hopey-Dreamy. They went for the cool choice instead of an experienced candidate who had a smaller learning curve. As to the title of this item, who on earth could still be in love with him (other than his wife and family, of course)? Hollywood still has that burning passion but let's face it, this is what we've come to expect from them: a lot of hype and publicity, then a budget-busting flop. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Van-Jones:-Left-wingers-are-no-longer-in-love-with-Obama/105121079081208580.htmlLaura2012-06-11T11:21:00ZGrey Lady hits Mitt...againLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Grey-Lady-hits-Mitt...again/-89074199302874808.html2012-06-07T13:33:00Z2012-06-07T13:33:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I will save you the time an aggravation of reading the latest <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/07/garden/mitt-romney-the-candidate-next-door.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">New York Times hit piece</a> on Mitt Romney. Here's my translation: "He has a big house! A really big house! Did we tell you that he's really rich?! I mean richer than Jay-Z! Oh wait, we better not mention him...he likes Obama!" <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Grey-Lady-hits-Mitt...again/-89074199302874808.htmlLaura2012-06-07T13:33:00ZEconomic Pessimism Rises In Wake Of Poor Jobs ReportLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Economic-Pessimism-Rises-In-Wake-Of-Poor-Jobs-Report/-862332950163191956.html2012-06-06T15:50:00Z2012-06-06T15:50:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Obummer economy is taking its toll on the people's pocketbooks and psyches! Hope &amp; change is <a href="http://today.yougov.com/news/2012/06/06/economic-pessimism-rises-wake-fridays-poor-jobs-re/" target="_blank">being eclipsed by pessimism</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Economic-Pessimism-Rises-In-Wake-Of-Poor-Jobs-Report/-862332950163191956.htmlLaura2012-06-06T15:50:00ZClinton strikes again...says extend all tax cutsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Clinton-strikes-again...says-extend-all-tax-cuts/934680657667059440.html2012-06-06T01:21:00Z2012-06-06T01:21:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/contradicting-obama-again-bill-clinton-tells-cnbc-that-congress-should-extend-all-tax-cuts/" target="_blank">Watch the former POTUS</a> continue to undermine the current POTUS. Hillary 2016, Baby! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Clinton-strikes-again...says-extend-all-tax-cuts/934680657667059440.htmlLaura2012-06-06T01:21:00ZRomney scales back campaigning...smart move?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-scales-back-campaigning...smart-move/-384603525491498284.html2012-06-05T14:03:00Z2012-06-05T14:03:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Join me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laura-Ingraham/271042954725" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://twitter.com/#ingrahamangle" target="_blank">Twitter</a> to discuss. <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/06/05/romney_gears_back_on_campaigning_--_to_no_ill_effect_114376.html" target="_blank">Read the piece</a> about how Mitt Romney's campaign seems to have decided that now may be a good time to let Obama collapse on his own--in other words, no need to have the Republican nominee out and about, risking another gaffe, when Team Obama is destroying itself. Failed Bain attacks, failed party recall in Wisconsin, surrogates gone wild....so is this smart or should Mitt Romney be doing more than playing defense? Is the best defense a good offense? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-scales-back-campaigning...smart-move/-384603525491498284.htmlLaura2012-06-05T14:03:00ZLosing faith in Democrats' religious outreachLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Losing-faith-in-Democrats-religious-outreach/274418782255736054.html2012-06-04T11:36:00Z2012-06-04T11:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Gee, after the President's trampling on religious liberty, using his HHS Secretary to push a radical agenda through the implementation of Obamacare, and doing drive-by events at churches when he needs votes...is anyone surprised that his "outreach" looks phony or is falling flat? <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/losing-faith-democrats-religious-outreach-115104074.html" target="_blank">Read more</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Losing-faith-in-Democrats-religious-outreach/274418782255736054.htmlLaura2012-06-04T11:36:00ZTo know unions is to support Scott Walker....Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/To-know-unions-is-to-support-Scott-Walker..../560194349609794902.html2012-06-01T18:04:00Z2012-06-01T18:04:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>...so here are your talking points for this election year battle with unions (proxies for the Democrat party). Think you know all you need to know already? Think again--test your own knowledge of public employee unions. The "Is that really fair?" website is the Left's worst nightmare. When voters really know the facts about the so-called "sacrifice" of public employee unions, when they understand how skewed the media's portrayal of the Wisconsin battle has been, they invariably see what a courageous politician (I know, an oxymoron) Governor Walker has been. The recall election is a few days away. Unions are pouring huge amounts of cash into Wisconsin in a last-ditch attempt to oust Gov. Walker. Bill Clinton showed up there Friday to whip up union support. <a href="http://isthatreallyfair.com/" target="_blank">So send this link around</a> and let's educate the American people. Knowledge is power. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/To-know-unions-is-to-support-Scott-Walker..../560194349609794902.htmlLaura2012-06-01T18:04:00ZU.S. employers add fewest jobs in a yearLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/U.S.-employers-add-fewest-jobs-in-a-year/884804508991670585.html2012-06-01T17:33:00Z2012-06-01T17:33:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Barack Obama isn't working. He's fundraising. These jobs numbers are disastrous--<a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-06-01/employment-in-u-s-increased-69-000-in-may.html" target="_blank">69,000 jobs added</a>, well below the target of 158,000. Our markets are down. The gains from 2012 have been erased. And the president of the United States skips town to do six fundraisers in 24 hours! A dereliction of duty? Of course it is. He should be meeting NOW with both parties on Capitol Hill, setting aside the campaign, to figure out a way to avert another economic meltdown. But of course he won't. That would mean admitting that what he has been doing hasn't worked. And it hasn't. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/U.S.-employers-add-fewest-jobs-in-a-year/884804508991670585.htmlLaura2012-06-01T17:33:00ZMore leaks to burnish POTUS as terror warriorLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-leaks-to-burnish-POTUS-as-terror-warrior/-275832085150549240.html2012-06-01T12:53:00Z2012-06-01T12:53:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>First the White House leaked the operational details about the OBL killing and spiked the football. Then they splashed details of Underwear Bomber 2 in the press, including the name of the man who was our operative inside al Qaeda of Yemen. (That foreign agent's life is of course now imperiled.) Today it's yet another selective dump of sensitive intelligence info in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/01/world/middleeast/obama-ordered-wave-of-cyberattacks-against-iran.html" target="_blank">NYT</a>--Obama's CIA is engaging in a complex cyber-attack on Iran's nuclear program. This is irresponsible and dangerous. Former SecDef Rumsfeld, appearing on Thursday's show, slammed the Obama administration for compromising so much operational detail. In the same vein, Charles Krauthammer writes a devastating piece on our "Drone President" today. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/barack-obama-drone-warrior/2012/05/31/gJQAr6zQ5U_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions_Fri" target="_blank">Read it here</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/More-leaks-to-burnish-POTUS-as-terror-warrior/-275832085150549240.htmlLaura2012-06-01T12:53:00ZDemocrats Defeat Bill to Ban Sex-Selection AbortionsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Democrats-Defeat-Bill-to-Ban-Sex-Selection-Abortions/417477848044498751.html2012-05-31T20:37:00Z2012-05-31T20:37:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>So we can ban super-sized drinks, but not this barbaric procedure? A handful of GOPers voted against this commonsense bill that would have protected vulnerable women from the hideous coercion of their husbands or partners who want offspring of one gender over another (usually boys over girls). <a href="http://www.lifenews.com/2012/05/31/democrats-defeat-bill-to-ban-sex-selection-abortions/" target="_blank">China's vicious campaign against girls has arrived on American shores</a>. Rep. Ron Paul an OB/GYN, voted with the Democrats, perhaps out of a federalism concern. The argument by Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee and other left-wing abortion fanatics is that this law would have led to women being "dragged out of doctor's offices" in an effort to prevent their "personal decisions" as doctors try to guess women's motivations for the procedure. This is poppycock: in fact, the bill actually reads: &ldquo;Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require that a healthcare provider has an affirmative duty to inquire as to the motivation for the abortion, absent the healthcare provider having knowledge or information that the abortion is being sought based on the sex or gender of the child.&rdquo; Sex-selection abortion is pure barbarism, barbarism which Pres. Obama apparently has no quarrel with. Remember, he's the guy who said he'd never want his young daughters "punished with a baby" if they should have an unwanted pregnancy. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Democrats-Defeat-Bill-to-Ban-Sex-Selection-Abortions/417477848044498751.htmlLaura2012-05-31T20:37:00ZHilarious...Mr. Whipple shows up and they squeeze the Charmin!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hilarious...Mr.-Whipple-shows-up-and-they-squeeze-the-Charmin!/-682334064695711283.html2012-05-31T19:32:00Z2012-05-31T19:32:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>David Axelrod thought he was getting all cute by flying to Boston to hit Mitt Romney in his own backyard. "He was the worst blah blah blah governor this state has ever blah blah blah...." The Obama campaign chief, however, was caught off guard when <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/31/david-axelrod-mitt-romney_n_1559517.html?ref=topbar" target="_blank">Romney supporters</a> decided to have their own (rather unruly) tea party right in front of him. I enjoyed the spectacle. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hilarious...Mr.-Whipple-shows-up-and-they-squeeze-the-Charmin!/-682334064695711283.htmlLaura2012-05-31T19:32:00ZFlashback: Audit: the dead and inmates voted in MichiganLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Flashback:-Audit:-the-dead-and-inmates-voted-in-Michigan/-880416101863860326.html2012-05-31T11:43:00Z2012-05-31T11:43:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Voter fraud? What voter fraud?! This is the usual response from the left whenever Republicans argue for more effective identification rules for voting. Recall that a few weeks back Michigan's Secretary of State <a href="http://mobile.mlive.com/advannarbor/pm_103387/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=lvKD28dg" target="_blank">reported</a> that 1,300 people voted in Michigan between 2008-2011 who were deceased. Another 100 people listed as prisoners voted. In a close election, these discrepancies could alter the outcome, which is precisely what the left is hoping for. Victory by any means necessary.... <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Flashback:-Audit:-the-dead-and-inmates-voted-in-Michigan/-880416101863860326.htmlLaura2012-05-31T11:43:00ZACLU petitions state high court to stop voter ID amendmentLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/ACLU-petitions-state-high-court-to-stop-voter-ID-amendment/924313427475403894.html2012-05-31T02:39:00Z2012-05-31T02:39:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>If there is any doubt that the left is In favor of voter fraud, a Minnesota legal appeal filed by the ACLU should put it to rest. The civil liberties group is asking the state's high court to prevent a straightforward provision regarding voter ID from going on the November ballot. Read the hilarious article <a href="http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/155851945.html" target="_blank">here</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/ACLU-petitions-state-high-court-to-stop-voter-ID-amendment/924313427475403894.htmlLaura2012-05-31T02:39:00ZGrading the Obama State Dept. on Chen GuangchengLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Grading-the-Obama-State-Dept.-on-Chen-Guangcheng/285655057425965388.html2012-05-30T12:57:00Z2012-05-30T12:57:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.beyonce.com/news/60-seconds-end-of-time" target="_blank"></a>
<p>So...do you think I'm too hard on our dear friends the Chinese?&nbsp; On the Obama State Department's handling of the plight of the blind pro-life Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng?&nbsp; After he escaped from detention to the U.S. Embassy, he was driven to a state-run hospital by our diplomats and left in the hands of Chinese. There he was kept isolated for a few weeks with limited contact with U.S. officials.&nbsp; A deal had apparently been struck and fell apart after he was re-deposited with the Chinese authorities.&nbsp; Like many, I was happy to see that he was delivered recently to the U.S. with some immediate family members.&nbsp; On Tuesday night's O'Reilly Factor, Bill referenced a "debate" he had with me a few weeks back where I was critical of the Obama diplomats abandoning him in the way they did, without an ironclad deal in place to secure the fate of Guangcheng and his network of family and friends.&nbsp; The implication was that I was wrong and that Team Obama was working behind the scenes all along in a careful and deliberate manner so as not to offend the Chinese.&nbsp; I maintain that this entire event was a fiasco that ended up giving China cover for its $110 billion government crackdown on dissent officially known as "stability maintenance."&nbsp; Here are two pieces for your consideration--Yu Jie's column "The Iron Fist that guards China's stability" in today's <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chen-guangcheng-and-these-chinese-imperative-of-stability/2012/05/29/gJQAGGP2zU_story.html" target="_blank">Washington Post</a>; and the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/28/world/asia/dissident-in-us-concerned-for-brother-after-return-to-chinese-village.html?_r=1" target="_blank">New York Times</a>' revelation regarding the persistent danger to Guangcheng's family back in China. ----Guangchen is extremely worried about those he has left behind--and with good reason.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Grading-the-Obama-State-Dept.-on-Chen-Guangcheng/285655057425965388.htmlLaura2012-05-30T12:57:00ZMichelle Obama most wants to be THIS?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-Obama-most-wants-to-be-THIS/336528188143144947.html2012-05-29T01:30:00Z2012-05-29T01:30:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.beyonce.com/news/60-seconds-end-of-time" target="_blank">Watch Beyonce</a> in her first post-child-birth concert. She seems like a delightful person (of course she is reflexively and wholeheartedly liberal). Nevertheless, what does it say that when asked recently, our First Lady claims that 30 year-old performer is the person she would most want to be? It shows us once again that our culture, which puts a value on celebrity above all else, is way past hell in a hand-basket. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-Obama-most-wants-to-be-THIS/336528188143144947.htmlLaura2012-05-29T01:30:00ZA somber day of profound gratitudeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-somber-day-of-profound-gratitude/714177253147692079.html2012-05-28T11:56:00Z2012-05-28T11:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Push past your "war fatigue." We can't ever allow ourselves to grow weary of honoring the service and sacrifice of our military dead or living. <a href="http://www.chron.com/opinion/editorials/article/A-somber-day-of-profound-gratitude-3586192.php" target="_blank">Read more.</a> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/A-somber-day-of-profound-gratitude/714177253147692079.htmlLaura2012-05-28T11:56:00ZVeteran on a "mission" to build memorialLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Veteran-on-a-mission-to-build-memorial/952491592224471225.html2012-05-28T11:52:00Z2012-05-28T11:52:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://bostonherald.com/news/columnists/view/20220528veteran_on_a_mission_to_build_hub_memorial_eyes_greenway_as_dream_location/srvc=home&amp;position=1" target="_blank">Great piece</a> that reminds us once again how blessed we are to have these men and women volunteering for duty year after year. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Veteran-on-a-mission-to-build-memorial/952491592224471225.htmlLaura2012-05-28T11:52:00ZObama parties with rock stars (again)Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-parties-with-rock-stars-again/268771614070690610.html2012-05-23T20:21:00Z2012-05-23T20:21:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Always working tirelessly for the American people, Barack Obama must be exhausted. He delivered yet another cliche-ridden graduation speech midday (Air Force Academy), then it was on to the Left Coast to collect big bucks ($2m) in Silicon Valley where aging music legends <a href="http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/obama-party-rock-stars-tonight/559021" target="_blank">David Crosby and Graham Nash are performing</a> for a $34k/ticket gala. Obama finishes the night by skipping down to LA for yet another fundraiser, where rocker Ben Harper is headlining. There must be some White House correspondent who could examine the president's schedule and determine the percentage of each day he actually spends on governing. And don't forget the most frightening fact of all: when Barack is away vacuuming up dough, Joe is back in DC minding the store! Heaven help us! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-parties-with-rock-stars-again/268771614070690610.htmlLaura2012-05-23T20:21:00ZThe Emerging Democratic DivideLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Emerging-Democratic-Divide/-851064473934215543.html2012-05-23T13:36:00Z2012-05-23T13:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>So much for the GOP being fractured...what about the Democrat chaos? <a href="http://nationaljournal.com/columns/against-the-grain/the-emerging-democratic-divide-20120522" target="_blank">Read more</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-Emerging-Democratic-Divide/-851064473934215543.htmlLaura2012-05-23T13:36:00ZTeam Obama schools independent thinking black mayor in class warfareLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Team-Obama-schools-independent-thinking-black-mayor-in-class-warfare/-391228574920941229.html2012-05-22T12:29:00Z2012-05-22T12:29:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Few have pointed out the irony in the Obama campaign's iron-fist reaction to Cory Booker's honest words about the attacks on private equity, Booker, the first African American mayor of Newark, had called the attacks on Romney's Bain Capital experience "nauseating" in an appearance on Meet the Press. <br /><br />Just as nauseating is the fact that the Chicago hit-men in the Obama campaign forced their surrogate to do the political equivalent of a "hostage" tape on Sunday night, just hours after Booker's Meet the Press appearance. Ever since, Booker has been doing verbal gymnastics in a feeble attempt to re-frame his refreshing comments in defense of the free market.<br /><br /> Can a man as accomplished as Booker not think for himself and express his own heartfelt views? Who's holding the black man down now, Mr. Axelrod? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Team-Obama-schools-independent-thinking-black-mayor-in-class-warfare/-391228574920941229.htmlLaura2012-05-22T12:29:00ZCardinal Wuerl: Mother Teresa Wouldn't Qualify as 'Religious' Under Obamacare RuleLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Cardinal-Wuerl:-Mother-Teresa-Wouldnt-Qualify-as-Religious-Under-Obamacare-Rule/945052828031081024.html2012-05-22T12:13:00Z2012-05-22T12:13:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Obama Administration will go down as the most hostile to religious interests in the history of our republic. Another way in which he's "historic." Now Catholic leaders are calling him out--good! <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/cardinal-wuerl-mother-teresa-wouldnt-qualify-religious-under-obamacare-rule" target="_blank">Cardinal Donald Wuerl</a> of Washington enters the fray, exposing the phony "compromise" on the mandate regarding contraception/sterilization/abortion inducing drugs. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Cardinal-Wuerl:-Mother-Teresa-Wouldnt-Qualify-as-Religious-Under-Obamacare-Rule/945052828031081024.htmlLaura2012-05-22T12:13:00ZSurprise! China's stealth jets are 2 Years ahead of scheduleLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Surprise!-Chinas-stealth-jets-are-2-Years- ahead-of-schedule/31026147592541522.html2012-05-21T12:43:00Z2012-05-21T12:43:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>"End of Chen saga suggests maturing U.S.-China relations" blares a headline on the front page of the Washington Post. This is meant to make us feel less "Sino-phobic," to lull us into the view that our relationship with China is "complex," that we should set aside our fears for hope. The fact is, China imprisons hundreds of thousands in re-education camps, employs thousands in its secret police to terrorize and intimidate dissenter, and is moving at a breakneck pace to overtake our military dominance. Its pursuit of aircraft carriers, high-tech fighter jets, and new engineering expertise should be a wake-up call for all who are rushing to cut our own military budget. <a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/05/china-stealth-jet/" target="_blank">Check out the latest sign</a> that China is deadly serious about establishing itself as an unstoppable global force. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Surprise!-Chinas-stealth-jets-are-2-Years- ahead-of-schedule/31026147592541522.htmlLaura2012-05-21T12:43:00ZHere we go..."transgender" at age 5Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Here-we-go...transgender-at-age-5/401459450202890675.html2012-05-20T14:27:00Z2012-05-20T14:27:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/transgender-at-five/2012/05/19/gIQABfFkbU_story.html?hpid=z1" target="_blank">Front page</a> of the Washington Post today....this is where our society is headed...children are sexualized, treated as sexual beings, and gender is "evolving" as young as five years old. Will Pres. Obama "personally" endorse this movement, too? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Here-we-go...transgender-at-age-5/401459450202890675.htmlLaura2012-05-20T14:27:00ZObamas use our vets for political powerLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-use-our-vets-for-political-power/-576046298357271113.html2012-05-18T12:35:00Z2012-05-18T12:35:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Obama campaign is unveiling its "Military Families and Veterans for Obama" ad push and nary a word from our media about the propriety of this. We have searched for and haven't found any similar efforts undertaken by the campaigns of former president George W. Bush. And who thinks that the Dems and their media wouldn't be in full melt-down if Republicans tried anything like this. Of course individual service members are part of the electorate like everyone else and have political opinions that are by no means monolithic. But all Americans should agree that the military shouldn't be used as props for political purposes, shouldn't be politicized by consultants and campaign hacks. On Thursday Romney was pushed by the Obama camp to repudiate what was merely a proposed ad campaign by a Super PAC. Now Romney and all Republicans should call out our commander-in-chief for allowing this cheap and tasteless politicizing of the military. Polls regularly show that while politicians are rated poorly by the American people, the armed forces are held in high regard. We admire and trust the military in part because it is non-partisan, serving us all regardless of party-affiliation. By the time Obama gets through with them, they'll be just another constituency to be used and discarded after election day. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whFecU62SyE" target="_blank">Watch the ad here</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-use-our-vets-for-political-power/-576046298357271113.htmlLaura2012-05-18T12:35:00ZWH selective recognition of religious libertyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/WH-selective-recognition-of-religious-liberty/415434662801714626.html2012-05-18T12:20:00Z2012-05-18T12:20:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Fears that many people of faith and conscience have about the Obama Administration's new aggressive promotion of gay marriage have proven to be well-founded. Religious scholars wondered if it was only a matter of time for the Catholic Church to be forced to marry same sex couples. And would Evangelical pastors, Muslim clerics and others be hit with lawsuits seeking "access" for same-sex couples? The good news: this week the White House has stood up for religious liberty. The not-so-good-news: it's only the religious liberty of gay couples that Team Obama seems concerned about protecting. <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/white-house-strongly-objects-legislation-protecting-military-chaplains-doing-same-sex" target="_blank">Read more</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/WH-selective-recognition-of-religious-liberty/415434662801714626.htmlLaura2012-05-18T12:20:00ZField hockey: Boy, 13, allowed to play on girls' teamLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Field-hockey:-Boy,-13,-allowed-to-play-on-girls-team/-740843407584756198.html2012-05-16T11:12:00Z2012-05-16T11:12:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Let's first stipulate that I come at this with the wounds of an October afternoon decades ago, in Glastonbury, Connecticut. I was the captain of our varsity field hockey team, and we were ranked #1 in the state. Someone had the bright idea of having a "for fun" challenge game against the boys' varsity soccer team. We thought we'd trounce the boys--after all, we were #1! Well, lots of teachers and students showed up to watch on the sidelines, and...we proceeded to get our you-know-whats kicked. None had ever played the game before but they out-ran us, out-hit us, and out-played us. It was so frustrating. We realized that there was a reason there was a girls and boys team. High school boy athletes are almost always faster and better than their girl counterparts. We should compete on our own teams. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-boy-field-hockey-girls-team-20120515,0,5988839.story" target="_blank">A Long Island boy wants to play field hockey</a>? Tough cookies. A girl wants to play tackle football? Same. Parents who make big deals out this are almost always creating unrealistic expectations for their children, and changing the dynamics of sports teams. More p.c. madness. Send us your thoughts in an <a href="/help?loadForm=3#contactform" target="_blank">email</a> and post them on Facebook. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Field-hockey:-Boy,-13,-allowed-to-play-on-girls-team/-740843407584756198.htmlLaura2012-05-16T11:12:00ZCell phone ban keeps Obama fund-raisers secretLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Cell-phone-ban-keeps-Obama-fund-raisers-secret/336042981035438826.html2012-05-15T13:06:00Z2012-05-15T13:06:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Remember when Team Obama promised "the most transparent Administration ever"? So what has happened to the open book crowd? We already know that lobbyists circumvent having to sign into the official White House log when they meet with Obama officials by meeting with them in nearby coffee shops. (So I suppose reporters who actually care about identifying who has the ear of the Obama Executive Branch should moonlight as Starbucks' baristas.) Now we discover that <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/cell-phone-ban-keeps-obama-fundraisers-secret" target="_blank">the Obama campaign has instituted a "no cell phone" rule</a> at all fund-raisers. What exactly goes on at these cash-producing soirees that they are afraid of revealing to the general public? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Cell-phone-ban-keeps-Obama-fund-raisers-secret/336042981035438826.htmlLaura2012-05-15T13:06:00ZPoll: Romney up, Obama down among womenLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Poll:-Romney-up,-Obama-down-among-women/-153712754674576220.html2012-05-15T12:59:00Z2012-05-15T12:59:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>President Obama has turned out to be such a divisive figure that he may have succeeded in driving a wedge into the seemingly indivisible block of his black supporters with his gay marriage push. And now we see that his "war on women" meme, linked to the GOP's defense of religious liberty over "free" birth control pills, is failing to deliver the hoped-for Obama bounce. <a href="http://www.turnto23.com/politics/31063767/detail.html" target="_blank">Check out these new poll numbers</a>. Romney's support among women is growing, Obama's had dropped. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Poll:-Romney-up,-Obama-down-among-women/-153712754674576220.htmlLaura2012-05-15T12:59:00ZObama & Clooney: Oh Brother, where art thou jobs?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama--Clooney:-Oh-Brother,-where-art-thou-jobs/310960463937239809.html2012-05-11T12:56:00Z2012-05-11T12:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The president was energized by the money and adulation of Hollywood elites last night. He used the word "wonderful" a lot to describe his hosts and friends. He fit right in with the glitterati gathered. His verbal slip-up didn't go unnoticed when he said that America lost 800,000 jobs on the day of his inauguration. (Didn't it feel like there was a giant sucking sound coming out of the free market that day?) The president is always most comfortable campaigning. It's governing and accomplishing things that the American people want that he's really lousy at. He referenced doing not "what's popular" but "what's right." Again, anyone who agrees with him just doesn't know what's good for him or her. So don't fret about the 2.2 percent GDP--the president "made history" on Tuesday! He's with Clooney and Eva Longoria! <br /><br /> Read the president's full speech at the George Clooney fundraiser <a href="http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2012/05/transcript-president-obamas-remarks-at.html" target="_blank">here</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama--Clooney:-Oh-Brother,-where-art-thou-jobs/310960463937239809.htmlLaura2012-05-11T12:56:00ZPresident of the Distracted StatesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/President-of-the-Distracted-States/302367473152744260.html2012-05-10T12:40:00Z2012-05-10T12:40:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Obama-Robin Roberts "evolution" sit-down does more than help the President raise big $$ from deep-pocket gay donors, it also helps Dems move the conversation away from where they know they're vulnerable--the economy. Republicans must resist stepping into a snare that helps distract voters from the one question that matters: are you better off than you were 4 years ago? Most Americans think we're on the wrong track--about 67 percent of independents believe so according to one recent poll. This is where this president must be held accountable. He spends more time fund-raising (and fun-raising!) than he does governing. He hopes to win over voters not by campaigning on his record on jobs and economic growth, but by diverting our attention through the same old razzle dazzle nonsense that helped win the presidency in 2008. When he's not dividing Americans through class or phony gender warfare arguments, he's basking in the reflected glory SEAL Team 6, and the intelligence work of a CIA he helped demoralize. Smart people will see these obvious ploys for what they are. Will enough of them help educate those who aren't as clued in? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/President-of-the-Distracted-States/302367473152744260.htmlLaura2012-05-10T12:40:00ZSo much for the 'whither the tea party?' meme!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/So-much-for-the-whither-the-tea-party-meme!/-83792399234026538.html2012-05-09T16:04:00Z2012-05-09T16:04:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>For months we've been hearing about the impending death of the tea party. Headline writers were kept busy declaring that tea party conservatives were O-V-E-R. Romney's GOP primary victory was unsatisfying to most tea party-types, and so liberals were hoping that this meant that tea partiers were unenthused and unmotivated this election year. <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-lugar-election-20120509,0,4732523.story" target="_blank">The Lugar rout in Indiana</a> shows us that even if the tea party isn't ga-ga over Mitt, its supporters are active in state races where they are devoting time and money to chalk up wins. In the end, it's about jobs, the debt and deficit, and downsizing government to its original Constitutional limitations. Lugar may be a nice guy, but he was part of the old-boy network in DC, that pushed "bipartisan" solutions to the detriment of our economy and rule of law. Bipartisanship led to TARP, and years of out-of-control government spending that has sent our debt and deficit skyrocketing. We have had enough. Godspeed, Sen. Lugar. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/So-much-for-the-whither-the-tea-party-meme!/-83792399234026538.htmlLaura2012-05-09T16:04:00ZWhere is Al Sharpton? 5 convicted in massacre in DCLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Where-is-Al-Sharpton-5-convicted-in-massacre-in-DC/-312164770220150050.html2012-05-08T12:44:00Z2012-05-08T12:44:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>"This is one of the worst things I've seen in 22 years here," commented DC Police Chief Cathy Lanier, after all 5 defendants were convicted on murder charges in Superior Court. Their killing spree in 2010 left 5 young people dead and 8 wounded. <a href="http://washingtonexaminer.com/local/crime/2012/05/all-5-guilty-south-capitol-street-massacre/584326" target="_blank">This was another example</a> of the vicious black on black crime that has plagued the district for years, with AK-47s being the weapons of choice. The dispute centered on costume jewelry. Rev. Al? Where are the rallies? The sit-ins? The outrage? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Where-is-Al-Sharpton-5-convicted-in-massacre-in-DC/-312164770220150050.htmlLaura2012-05-08T12:44:00ZDumbing down the campaign, Obama-styleLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dumbing-down-the-campaign,-Obama-style/17214514161975643.html2012-05-07T11:30:00Z2012-05-07T11:30:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Our nation is suffering under crushing debt, with real unemployment rate of 11.5 percent, and yet the Obama campaign runs every event as if it's the final round on The Voice. The hype, the build-up, the (of course) razzle dazzle on display, with a concerted effort to avoid the "r" word--meaning his RECORD. Check out the transcript of the beginning of the FLOTUS introduction of her husband in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday (4,000 empty seats in the arena): <br /><br /> MRS. OBAMA: Oh, wow. (Applause.) Wow. It sounds like you all are already fired up and ready to go. (Applause.) This is amazing. It is truly amazing. And you know what, being here with all of you today, let me tell you, I'm feeling pretty fired up and ready to go myself. I really am. (Applause.) <br /><br /> But there&rsquo;s a reason why we're here today -- <br /><br /> AUDIENCE: I love you! (Applause.) <br /><br /> MRS. OBAMA: And we love you, too. And it's not just because we support one extraordinary man -- although, I'll admit, I'm a little biased because I think our President is awesome. (Laughter and applause.) <br /><br /> Who needs Comedy Central when we have the Obama/Biden 2012 campaign? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Dumbing-down-the-campaign,-Obama-style/17214514161975643.htmlLaura2012-05-07T11:30:00ZFrance goes Left--will we stay there?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/France-goes-Left--will-we-stay-there/728532153116857996.html2012-05-07T02:22:00Z2012-05-07T02:22:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Now that France had bid au revoir to Sarkozy-style austerity, <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2140427/Francois-Hollande-victory-French-presidential-election-spell-disaster-Euro.html" target="_blank">electing a leader</a> who made his political bones by trashing capitalism and the evil world of "finance," we have to ask ourselves, is this our fate, too? France is signing its own death warrant in this vote. Money and business will continue to flee France, amidst what will most certainly be even higher taxes and hotter denunciation. The French became used to a life with guaranteed month-long summer vacations (who wouldn't love Augusts off?), guaranteed pensions, guaranteed health care, guaranteed education, and guaranteed long-term disability coverage. But when it came time to pay the piper, the people balked. They didn't want to pay or sacrifice, not one bit. In fact, they eventually blamed not themselves, their own entitlement mentality, but those French citizens who had created wealth despite the lousy tax and regulatory burdens. We have the same choice in November--the debt crisis demands adult leadership. President Obama is the smooth-talking guy in college who wants to try to convince you to go out to a movie the night before the calculus exam. You know he hasn't studied and isn't serious, but he's awfully fun and cute. You are tempted to go out and party, but you also know you should stay in the dorm and study. Obama will try to convince America that "investing" in the country is what is necessary. That means spending money we don't have for jobs that the "government will create." Been there, done that. Vive la America! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/France-goes-Left--will-we-stay-there/728532153116857996.htmlLaura2012-05-07T02:22:00ZHillary & U.S. ZERO, China MILLIONS...on human rightsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hillary--U.S.-ZERO,-China-MILLIONS...on-human-rights/171172122891710435.html2012-05-04T12:47:00Z2012-05-04T12:47:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Americans who believe that the plight of blind activist Chen Gaungchen is an irrelevancy, you are missing the boat (or I should say the "slow boat to China"). Our country's economic decline that has forced us into serf-master status with the People's Republic of China, also means that we have far less moral authority and influence than we had just a few years ago. Our weakened economic state isn't completely on Obama's fault, but it should be the concern of all freedom-loving citizens here and abroad. The less economic power we have, the more we owe other governments who don't share values, the more embarrassments we should expect similar to Guangcheng's case. We simply don't have the leverage anymore. And if you are among those who believe that our diplomatic corps led by State Department stooges can be trusted with anything beyond hosting cocktail parties in our foreign embassies, it's time to wake up. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-chen-guangcheng-must-apply-to-study-abroad-like-any-other-chinese-citizen/2012/05/04/gIQAE6kr0T_story.html?wpisrc=al_national" target="_blank">Team Hillary</a> has demonstrated an appalling lack of competence or naivete in dealing with not just China, but Iran, Syria and Russia. Of course the Obama White House is ultimately responsible for what happens on the international front. "It's 3 o'clock, and there's a phone ringing in the White House...." If Guangcheng called, who with a brain would be there to answer? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hillary--U.S.-ZERO,-China-MILLIONS...on-human-rights/171172122891710435.htmlLaura2012-05-04T12:47:00ZOne in three Americans would 'fail citizenship test'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/One-in-three-Americans-would-fail-citizenship-test/336787644064131688.html2012-05-04T11:24:00Z2012-05-04T11:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2138877/One-Americans-fail-citizenship-test.html#ixzz1ttGvzB1Z" target="_blank">Another indictment</a> of our public education system? When many of people don't know the basics about American history, government or civics, we should be asking ourselves how decades of stressing multiculturalism and insisting on political correctness has swamped kids' understanding of the basics. We have a national "anti-bullying" campaign underway in our schools. Why not launch an "anti-ignorance" campaign for students to fill the gaps that years of liberal looniness has created in our classrooms? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/One-in-three-Americans-would-fail-citizenship-test/336787644064131688.htmlLaura2012-05-04T11:24:00ZObama promises another recovery summer for youngLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-promises-another-recovery-summer-for-young/-218903656392583588.html2012-05-03T12:41:00Z2012-05-03T12:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This time <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/02/us-usa-obama-youth-jobs-idUSBRE8411NT20120502" target="_blank">Joe Biden</a> isn't being dispatched to sell the snake-oil about a summer of economic renewal. Instead, Pres. Obama himself pledges 110,000 summer jobs for young voters. (Doing what? Working for his campaign?) This brings to mind the old saw: "it's like peeing in the Pacific." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-promises-another-recovery-summer-for-young/-218903656392583588.htmlLaura2012-05-03T12:41:00ZObama's meaningless Afghan 'agreement'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-meaningless-Afghan-agreement/647996691752147622.html2012-05-03T12:34:00Z2012-05-03T12:34:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The impeccably choreographed presidential drop-down in Afghanistan was undoubtedly a boost to the troops and the Obama campaign. But as I noted on Wednesday, the multi-year "deal" reached between the Administration and Afghanistan Pres. Hamid Karzai was all form, little substance. We could be there after 2014, through 2024 but there are no real commitments or specifics. Both sides basically agreed to keep talking in the future. As usual with Obama, the "show" dazzles while the details fizzle. Bloomberg's <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-02/obama-s-afghan-partnership-puts-symbolism-over-substance.html" target="_blank">report</a> basically confirms this understanding. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamas-meaningless-Afghan-agreement/647996691752147622.htmlLaura2012-05-03T12:34:00ZMichelle says we're "blessed" to have himLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-says-were-blessed-to-have-him/274508045026042277.html2012-05-02T11:21:00Z2012-05-02T11:21:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michelle-obama-america-we-are-blessed-have-him" target="_blank">This comment</a>, made at a Tuscon fund-raiser, tells you a lot about the humility of these people. America is blessed, but not because her husband reads a bunch of hand-picked letters at night from aggrieved citizens. Let history--not his wife--judge how well he acquitted himself to the duties and responsibilities of the office. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Michelle-says-were-blessed-to-have-him/274508045026042277.htmlLaura2012-05-02T11:21:00ZColin Powell's now on fence about ObamaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Colin-Powells-now-on-fence-about-Obama/54864545351500975.html2012-05-01T15:59:00Z2012-05-01T15:59:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Recall how the world stopped when Colin Powell endorsed Barack Obama in 2008. The former George W. Bush Sec. State helped innoculate Obama, a foreign policy newbie, against charges that his presidency would put America at risk. Many believed him still to be embarrassed by his UN testimony on Iraqi WMD, and this put him on a path of expiation, and was critical to his public comeback. I, however, was not surprised. Colin Powell has always been uncomfortable among conservatives. He is a gracious man who is also pro-affirmative action, supports abortion, and probably finds most social conservatives unpleasant. Now after 3 1/2 years of America under the leadership of the man he endorsed, <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/04/30/colin-powell-undecided-on-obama-or-romney-endorsement-video/" target="_blank">Colin Powell</a> is having buyer's remorse. Excuse me if I am not impressed by the deathbed (of our economy) conversion. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Colin-Powells-now-on-fence-about-Obama/54864545351500975.htmlLaura2012-05-01T15:59:00ZIt is a small college and there are those who ruin itLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/It-is-a-small-college-and-there-are-those-who-ruin-it/184876168745720968.html2012-04-30T14:33:00Z2012-04-30T14:33:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Dartmouth College, my alma mater, is so cool and edgy! <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/dartmouth-dorm-assignments-will-not-be-limited-traditional-gender-binary" target="_blank">Don't you agree</a> that using only two genders in dorm assignments is too limiting?! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/It-is-a-small-college-and-there-are-those-who-ruin-it/184876168745720968.htmlLaura2012-04-30T14:33:00ZAnother Obama "using daughters" alert!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-Obama-using-daughters-alert!/837024567192488737.html2012-04-30T11:25:00Z2012-04-30T11:25:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This time when FLOTUS references her daughters it's under the guise of an online chat on the monumental occasion of "Take your daughter/son/pet to work day." <a href="http://celebritybabies.people.com/2012/04/27/white-house-michelle-obama-roundtable-daughters-sleepovers/?xid=rss-topheadlines" target="_blank">Note the first lady</a> using the adolescent construction "I'm like" again...! Profound. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Another-Obama-using-daughters-alert!/837024567192488737.htmlLaura2012-04-30T11:25:00ZMom's Facebook humiliation of mouthy teen daughterLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Moms-Facebook-humiliation-of-mouthy-teen-daughter/-229668874705488996.html2012-04-26T11:14:00Z2012-04-26T11:14:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Are you a parent at your wits end over the rude behavior of your adolescent children? What (lawful) lengths would you go to in order to turn things around? One friend of mine is the type of hands-on father who other dads seek out for advice. He's a baseball coach, he teaches his son how to build engines from scratch, and he is unfailingly patient. Sadly in just the past year, his 8th grader has become one of the most self-centered, ungrateful kids I know. Discipline (taking away his phone, computer) doesn't seem to work. How to turn a situation like this around? Some desperate parents have turned to publicly shaming their children--even knowing that their son or daughter may never want to speak to them again. I'll address <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57421640-71/moms-facebook-humiliation-of-mouthy-teen-daughter/?part=rss&amp;subj=news&amp;tag=title" target="_blank">this story</a> on the show. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Moms-Facebook-humiliation-of-mouthy-teen-daughter/-229668874705488996.htmlLaura2012-04-26T11:14:00ZRazzle Dazzle Watch: Obama & Rolling StoneLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Razzle-Dazzle-Watch:-Obama--Rolling-Stone/-513776259948731046.html2012-04-26T00:56:00Z2012-04-26T00:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/obama-talks-politics-pop-culture-with-rolling-stone/" target="_blank">He is so cool!</a> He talks pop culture! He has an iPod! He plays hoops with Clooney! The only jobs plan he has is for his own! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Razzle-Dazzle-Watch:-Obama--Rolling-Stone/-513776259948731046.htmlLaura2012-04-26T00:56:00ZPresident Obama: 'George Clooney and Me'Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/President-Obama:-George-Clooney-and-Me/383213051532558227.html2012-04-25T11:23:00Z2012-04-25T11:23:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Now this is definitely what we are paying his salary to do--the perpetual campaigner and celebrity hound. In recent days President Obama and/or Michelle have been on Jimmy Fallon, The Biggest Loser, Leno, Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards, and the list goes on. I am convinced that this man works on average of 10 minutes a day on the nation's business. <a href="http://obamafoodorama.blogspot.com/2012/04/president-obama-george-clooney-and-me.html" target="_blank">Totally outrageous</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/President-Obama:-George-Clooney-and-Me/383213051532558227.htmlLaura2012-04-25T11:23:00ZChris Matthews calls GOPLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chris-Matthews-calls-GOP/29417615235281970.html2012-04-24T16:42:00Z2012-04-24T16:42:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>More from the racial healing set--MSNBC's Chris Matthews insults his black guest, former RNC chief Michael Steele (and all Republicans) with one of the more incendiary off-hand remarks ever made on cable news. MSNBC's Hardball host Chris Matthews has a short-hand way of referencing the GOP--the "grand wizard crowd." <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/foulball-chris-matthews-invokes-republican-grand-wizard-crowd-then-takes-it-back/" target="_blank">This type of commentary</a> is not only irresponsible and slanderous, it fans the racially charged attitudes setting the stage for vicious reprisal attacks against innocent Americans. (<a href="http://www2.wkrg.com/news/2012/apr/23/man-beaten-mob-critical-condition-ar-3659891/" target="_blank">See the video of the day</a> for the hate crime that took place in Mobile, AL last Saturday night.) Do Comcast shareholders actually countenance this from one of its cable network's most recognizable (and well-paid) hosts? And yes, Chris Matthews is better than this. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Chris-Matthews-calls-GOP/29417615235281970.htmlLaura2012-04-24T16:42:00ZSenate Dems cynical 'message' to votersLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Senate-Dems-cynical-message-to-voters/-799442091694671265.html2012-04-24T11:41:00Z2012-04-24T11:41:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>If you're expecting both sides in Congress this year to sit down and at least attempt to work through some of their differences for the good of the country, you'll be sorely disappointed. <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75511.html#ixzz1swZDzLpy" target="_blank">Politico is reporting</a> that Dems especially have decided that the most important item on their "to-do" list is reelecting President Obama. So "messaging votes" are all the rage. These are measures that have no chance of passing but instead are meant to "send a message" to the other party or to the national audience. It is an unserious approach to the very serious problems facing our country. We should send our own "message" to Senators who are solely interested in show votes during an election year. Let's have our own "show votes" in November when we "show" them the door. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Senate-Dems-cynical-message-to-voters/-799442091694671265.htmlLaura2012-04-24T11:41:00ZBig price tag for kids' sportsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Big-price-tag-for-kids-sports/-929868979634665243.html2012-04-24T02:54:00Z2012-04-24T02:54:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Zing! The world has officially gone mad. More than ever parents are sucked into kids' sports mania. Kids start playing serious sports at younger and younger ages. They are sent to camps for specific positions. (Hockey goalie camp!) They hire private coaches and have their kids start year-round sports with traveling teams to give them an edge. (Are we having fun yet trying to do homework while driving hours to a basketball tournament?) So why are we surprised that mom and dad won't hesitate to drop several hundred dollars for Sally and Sam's equipment? <a href="http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/sports/big-price-tags-attached-to-even-the-littlest-leagues.xml" target="_blank">Are kids' sports becoming a luxury only the wealthy can afford?</a> <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Big-price-tag-for-kids-sports/-929868979634665243.htmlLaura2012-04-24T02:54:00ZRomney chides Obama for college grads' joblessnessLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-chides-Obama-for-college-grads-joblessness/-25591217290273102.html2012-04-24T02:30:00Z2012-04-24T02:30:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This is good news. Mitt Romney's team has the presumptive GOP nominee pounding President Obama for failing to deliver on his economic promises for young Americans. I begged them to take the new terrible stats on job prospects for recent college grads directly to youth voters. Campaigning in Pennsylvania, he told the crowd, "on his own measure &ndash; people getting good jobs that can pay a mortgage, he&rsquo;s failed. It&rsquo;s time to get a president who can succeed.&rdquo; <br /><br /> <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-romney-chides-obama-on-lack-of-good-jobs-for-college-grads-20120423,0,6379960.story?track=rss" target="_blank">Romney was citing an AP report</a> that found 53.6% of college grads either could not find a job or were &ldquo;underemployed." This is precisely what Romney should keep doing--keep bringing the conversation back to Obama's calamitous record. If young people show up in huge numbers to support him again, they deserve what a second Obama term delivers. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Romney-chides-Obama-for-college-grads-joblessness/-25591217290273102.htmlLaura2012-04-24T02:30:00ZOB-GYNS aim to deliver on the HillLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/OB-GYNS-aim-to-deliver-on-the-Hill/-916812994806580474.html2012-04-23T16:36:00Z2012-04-23T16:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Did you know that there are four OB-GYNs who currently serve on Capitol Hill? All of them are conservative and pro-life. Did Democrats consult them during the mysterious drafting of the 2,600 pages of the healthcare reform bill? Hardly. It's safe to say that Planned Parenthood had more input than actual practicing physicians who have devoted their lives to medicine and public service in Washington. <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/75447.html" target="_blank">Read this interesting piece</a> in Politico. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/OB-GYNS-aim-to-deliver-on-the-Hill/-916812994806580474.htmlLaura2012-04-23T16:36:00ZObummer economy update! One in 2 new grads jobless or underemployedLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obummer-economy-update!-One-in-2-new-grads-jobless-or-underemployed/-379259697775316800.html2012-04-23T11:56:00Z2012-04-23T11:56:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The youth vote was critical to Barack Obama's election in 2008. Sixty-six percent of "millenial" voters (born 1982-2003) supported him, compared to a paltry 32 percent for McCain. Many turned out after being turned on to Obama through social networking--and of course they loved him because he was so cool and historic. It was just a better party scene! Millenials made up about 80 percent of the popular vote victory for Obama. They were 17 percent of the electorate in 2008 but this time comprise 24 percent of voters. Three and a half years later young voters should know all too well what "hope" and "change" has done to their economic prospects. The policies of this administration have taken a hideous toll with one out of two new graduates either unemployed or underemployed. Mitt Romney needs to speak to this--a fact-based argument about Obama's miserable record for the next generation of workers. <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2012/04/22/national/w070232D21.DTL#ixzz1sqw8sWqh" target="_blank">Read the Daily Mail's account here</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obummer-economy-update!-One-in-2-new-grads-jobless-or-underemployed/-379259697775316800.htmlLaura2012-04-23T11:56:00ZTrayvon Martin-related hate crimeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Trayvon-Martin-related-hate-crime/488726504149827679.html2012-04-23T03:25:00Z2012-04-23T03:25:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Where in the world is...Al Sharpton? Will he discuss these types of crimes? Retribution attacks? I love <a href="http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/tea-party-report/2012/apr/22/first-trayvon-martin-related-hate-crime-reported-c/" target="_blank">Read this story</a> about a terrible act. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Trayvon-Martin-related-hate-crime/488726504149827679.htmlLaura2012-04-23T03:25:00ZYour health & your dogLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Your-health--your-dog/-975299429356454336.html2012-04-23T02:51:00Z2012-04-23T02:51:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I love <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/21/health-benefits-dogs_n_1421573.html?ref=health-and-fitness&amp;ir=Health%20and%20Fitness" target="_blank">this piece</a>--who doesn't think that dogs bring down your blood pressure, put you in a better mood, help you get motivated to exercise? My Troy did! Lucy too. Cat owners claim the same, but is there a different "health benefit" associated with canines? I ain't touchin" that, Cat. Stay tuned to hear our show segment on this topic later this week. (No, no Obama or Romney jokes...although I do wonder whether Pres. Obama can confirm that Dachshunds takes like hot dogs?) <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Your-health--your-dog/-975299429356454336.htmlLaura2012-04-23T02:51:00ZViolence Against Logic Act supportersLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Violence-Against-Logic-Act-supporters/-823484764376160091.html2012-04-19T13:23:00Z2012-04-19T13:23:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>There is no end to stunts the White House and Dems on Capitol Hill won't pull to avoid dealing with the economic mess that they have exacerbated over the past 3+ years. On Wednesday we saw a new low in their predictable and tedious exercise in distraction and division--a staged event to resurrect their phony "war on women" narrative. The Violence Against Women Act, which I have previously exposed as a grab-bag of radical feminist giveaways, was at the center of the pitch. Their "argument" boils down to this: if GOPers in Congress don't vote to reauthorize it, they basically favor the bludgeoning of women across the U.S. Dana Milbank in the WashPo provided this devastatingly substantive analysis: [it's] a "title that only a fool or lunatic would oppose." Joe Biden showed up to whisper sweet-nothings about the bill, further illustrating the purely political gamesmanship involved. "Just imagine the moral disapprobation (big word, Joe!) of society if this Congress refuses to reauthorize VAWA," he pondered. Funny to hear this Administration mention the word "moral"--but only as it relates to spending billions we don't have. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Violence-Against-Logic-Act-supporters/-823484764376160091.htmlLaura2012-04-19T13:23:00ZWho are the medal hopefuls for London?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Who-are-the-medal-hopefuls-for-London/386327100630971828.html2012-04-18T11:26:00Z2012-04-18T11:26:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Are you already tired of politics in an election season that seems to never end? Thankfully we have <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120418/D9U76TQ80.html" target="_blank">the Olympics</a> each summer during the political campaigns--nice to focus on people who actually are achieving great goals rather than just talking about them as our pols do. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Who-are-the-medal-hopefuls-for-London/386327100630971828.htmlLaura2012-04-18T11:26:00ZALEC bows to Left-wing pressureLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/ALEC-bows-to-Left-wing-pressure/220448082408792216.html2012-04-18T01:57:00Z2012-04-18T01:57:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Van Jones' leftist advocacy group Color of Change is changing the debate by shutting down debate in the U.S. It successfully drove advertisers off Glenn Beck's Fox program, and now it has forced the conservative free market organization the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) to disavow its own views in support of the self-defense law known as "stand your ground" and also voter ID laws. CofC began a campaign of intimidation against corporate sponsors of ALEC such as McDonalds and Kraft, which led a number of them to pull funding from the organization. In a weak attempt to stop the bleeding, ALEC announced it was no longer in favor of "stand your ground." ALEC's move is sadly short-sighted. What next? A CofC effort to force you to renounce your support of the capitalism? The Constitution? Pathetic. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/ALEC-bows-to-Left-wing-pressure/220448082408792216.htmlLaura2012-04-18T01:57:00ZBusinesses with Disabilities ActLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Businesses-with-Disabilities-Act/508436664568235706.html2012-04-17T18:47:00Z2012-04-17T18:47:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Another reason we need tort reform: lawsuit mania is sweeping the country, made possible by the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"). When passed in 1990, the ADA was heralded by the left as the preeminent force for combating "discrimination" by private entities open to the public. Soon after its passage, the ADA's regulatory edicts required that businesses spend millions refitting bathrooms, cutting curbs, installing expensive ramps, lowering water fountains, widening hallways, etc., to accommodate potential patrons with disabilities. This was a gold rush for the plaintiff's bar, which has exploited every last mandate of the ADA to its advantage. You know it's bad when the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/17/nyregion/lawyers-find-obstacles-to-the-disabled-then-find-plaintiffs.html?_r=2&amp;hp" target="_blank"><em>New York Times</em></a> begins to question the perverse incentivizing of ADA attorneys who rack up hundreds of thousands in legal fees (the plaintiffs themselves cannot get damages under the law, only injunctive relief): <br /><br />
<p class="indent">The lawyers are generally not acting on existing complaints from people with disabilities. Instead, they identify local businesses, like bagel shops and delis that are not in compliance with the law, and then aggressively recruit plaintiffs from advocacy groups for people with disabilities&hellip; <br /><br /> Ben-Zion Bradley Weitz, a lawyer based in Florida, has a regular group of people with disabilities from whom he selects plaintiffs. One of them, Todd Kreisler, a man in a wheelchair who lives on the East Side of Manhattan, sued 19 businesses over 16 months &mdash; a Chinese restaurant, a liquor store and a sandwich shop among them. <br /><br /> The results of the suits were almost immediate: workers grabbed their hammers, installing new ramps, lowering counters and shelves and making businesses more accessible to people with disabilities. And as a product of the litigation, the businesses had to pay thousands of dollars in legal fees to Mr. Weitz and his associates. <br /><br /></p>
Just in New York alone, Mr. Weitz has filed 200 cases, most in federal district court in Manhattan. Business in the U.S., the target of so much of Democrat demonization, are operating in a high-tax environment, the least we could do is to eliminate the high-litigation burdens on them. The ADA may have been passed out of the best of intentions, but as with so many big government solutions, it has done little for the supposed &ldquo;victims&rdquo; of discrimination while lining the pockets of lawyers and lobbyists. It needs to be reconceived or scrapped altogether. It is not the role of the federal government to ensure that Pete&rsquo;s Pizza has installed its toilet paper dispenser at the proper height. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Businesses-with-Disabilities-Act/508436664568235706.htmlLaura2012-04-17T18:47:00ZLiving together before marriage may make divorce more likelyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Living-together-before-marriage-may-make-divorce-more-likely/-353566244432736836.html2012-04-17T02:51:00Z2012-04-17T02:51:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>There is a reason the article "The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter &mdash; and How to Make the Most of Them Now" was the most emailed article on the New York Times website a full 36 hours after it first ran. Most of us have either lived with a significant other or thought seriously about doing so. We heard phrases like "why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?" And it reminds me once again that my mother was usually right about these things. It turns out that living together before marriage seems to have a correlation to higher divorce rates. Once again my mother was right about something she and I discussed at length. <a href="http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865554125/Author-says-cohabiting-first-may-increase-likelihood-of-divorce.html" target="_blank">For more</a>: <br /><br /> "[M]ore than half of all marriages will be preceded by cohabitation, psychologist Meg Jay writes in the New York Times. It's a trend that has increased more than 1,500 percent in the last half century and, for many of its practitioners, cohabiting is intended as a test run to make sure the two doing it will be successful as a couple before they take the step of marrying. It's seen as a way to prevent divorce. <br /><br /> 'But that belief is contradicted by experience,' she writes. 'Couples who cohabit before marriage and especially before an engagement or an otherwise clear commitment tend to be less satisfied with their marriages &mdash; and more likely to divorce &mdash; than couples who do not. These negative outcomes are called the cohabitation effect." <br /><br /> In your own experience, does this surprise you? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Living-together-before-marriage-may-make-divorce-more-likely/-353566244432736836.htmlLaura2012-04-17T02:51:00ZObama Bid to EndLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-Bid-to-End/-258934400208794583.html2012-04-16T12:35:00Z2012-04-16T12:35:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Shock of all shocks! Another objective measurement shows the utter ineffectiveness of one of Barack Obama's signature "achievements." In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, he pledged to end "too big to fail" in order to save America such deep economic pain in the future. This meant new "controls" would be instituted giving the government unprecedented power to step in when it deemed banks had become too big for the public good. So how is this working out? Here's what <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-04-16/obama-bid-to-end-too-big-to-fail-undercut-as-banks-grow.html" target="_blank">Bloomberg is reporting</a>: <br /><br /> "Two years after President Barack Obama vowed to eliminate the danger of financial institutions becoming &ldquo;too big to fail,&rdquo; the nation&rsquo;s largest banks are bigger than they were before the credit crisis. <br /><br /> Five banks -- JPMorgan Chase &amp; Co. (JPM), Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc., Wells Fargo &amp; Co., and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. -- held $8.5 trillion in assets at the end of 2011, equal to 56 percent of the U.S. economy, according to the Federal Reserve." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-Bid-to-End/-258934400208794583.htmlLaura2012-04-16T12:35:00ZBrad & Angelina: wedding ring of fireLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Brad--Angelina:-wedding-ring-of-fire/952468038439645812.html2012-04-16T11:43:00Z2012-04-16T11:43:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Brad took a year to design the ring because he is "such a perfectionist"! The media roll-out of a tedious story designed for maximum PR impact. Six carats! <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/brad-pitt-a-year-design-angelina-jolie-engagement-ring-article-1.1062056" target="_blank"> Wedding of the century</a>! Will Angelina design the dress herself?! Will the kids be in the ceremony?? How can we live in this anticipation much longer? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Brad--Angelina:-wedding-ring-of-fire/952468038439645812.htmlLaura2012-04-16T11:43:00ZWill Al Sharpton talk about THIS killing?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Will-Al-Sharpton-talk-about-THIS-killing/-788477241752892452.html2012-04-16T11:39:00Z2012-04-16T11:39:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This is a new feature on the Laura Ingraham Show--highlighting crime in the U.S. that the national media will undoubtedly not find dramatic enough to properly cover. For all of the times we've seen Al Sharpton and his merry band of race hustlers rush in to declare racial injustice, there are hundreds of cases of horrific violence against minorities and non-minorities every year that never attract their attention. In cities such as Chicago and Detroit black-on-black violence alone has left a wake of tears and devastation. Then there is <a href="http://www.suntimes.com/news/11911922-418/mother-family-stunned-by-2-year-old-girls-beating-death.html" target="_blank">this heart-wrenching case</a> about the murder of a 2-year old African American girl: <br /><br /> Her mom was horrified later Saturday when she rushed to a Chicago hospital after receiving a phone message and found her only child had been beaten to death. &ldquo;She was bruised up and scratched up, she had bite marks on her. She was already gone,&rdquo; 19-year-old Brittany Cotton said Sunday as she fought back tears outside the family&rsquo;s South Shore apartment.An autopsy Sunday determined Armaney died of multiple injuries from a beating, with her death being ruled a homicide, according to the Cook County medical examiner&rsquo;s office. Brittany and other relatives said the little girl suffered nearly 20 bruises and scratches on her face, arms and chest, as well as at least two bite marks.Relatives said they were told by Chicago police that the bites appeared to be human. She had a cold, but otherwise 2&frac12;-year-old Armaney Cotton was fine when her mother dropped her off at a boyfriend&rsquo;s house before going to work. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Will-Al-Sharpton-talk-about-THIS-killing/-788477241752892452.htmlLaura2012-04-16T11:39:00ZObama: "Air Force One Not my Choice"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama:-Air-Force-One-Not-my-Choice/605070083646379653.html2012-04-13T16:27:00Z2012-04-13T16:27:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The Obamas fly around on Air Force One--but don't hate them for it! <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/obama-says-air-force-one-travel-not-choice-234726856.html" target="_blank">More nonsense</a> from the President to deflect the criticism of their livin' large approach to life in the White House. (Recall that the Obamas have taken 16 vacations so far during the president's first term in office--and that's a low-ball figure!) <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama:-Air-Force-One-Not-my-Choice/605070083646379653.htmlLaura2012-04-13T16:27:00Z'Momneys' Roar for MittLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Momneys-Roar-for-Mitt/575171554018109552.html2012-04-13T16:11:00Z2012-04-13T16:11:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>F.O.M. (Friend of Michelle) Hillary Rosen has opened up a can of worms with stay-at-home moms across America. I call these women "Momneys" uniting for Mitt. Look for "Proud Momney 2012" bumper stickers. And by the way, new U.S. census data shows that the idea that "staying at home with children is a luxury" is a myth. <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfeedpolitics/stay-at-home-motherhood-isnt-a-luxury-census" target="_blank">Check out this piece on BuzzFeed</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Momneys-Roar-for-Mitt/575171554018109552.htmlLaura2012-04-13T16:11:00ZReligious are key to America's revivalLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Religious-are-key-to-Americas-revival/-5537595007175206.html2012-04-13T12:18:00Z2012-04-13T12:18:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Will America ever really restore herself without an accompanying spiritual restoration? As the American family continues to find itself under attack, the Left's snide reaction to various aspects of Mitt Romney's own traditional family is to be expected. The secular progressives see the values embodied in the family ideal as a threat to everything they hold dear. The very notion of "traditional family" stems from a Judeo-Christian understanding that is in key ways is antithetical to their own priorities and beliefs. This is why it was a "sacred" mission of the Left to expunge God from schools and now to expel religious displaus from any the public square. It becomes more obvious that the farther we are from God, the farther we fall. Post-War II Europe saw its own decline that continues to this day that was also paralleled by a decline in Church attendance, a gradual erosion of the continent's Christian roots. Heaven help us all. <a href="http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/wrm/2012/04/12/religious-are-key-to-american-revival/" target="_blank">Check out this interesting blog post</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Religious-are-key-to-Americas-revival/-5537595007175206.htmlLaura2012-04-13T12:18:00ZObama seeks Latino support, delays move on gay issuesLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-seeks-Latino-support,-delays-move-on-gay-issues/767784410000906985.html2012-04-12T12:34:00Z2012-04-12T12:34:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>It's all so predictable--once again we have the president carving up the electorate bit by bit in a divisive bid for reelection. <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/12/us-americas-summit-obama-idUSBRE83B08420120412" target="_blank">So a trip to the South American country of Colombia</a> is not seen by the White House as an opportunity to improve the lives of all Americans back home, but as an opportunity to improve his standing with Latino voters before the November election. It is not an exaggeration to say that nearly every action taken by this president on domestic policy and foreign affairs is calculated for maximum political impact in his reelection bid. Sometimes this even means he'll rebuff leaders in his own party. Case in point: he has ignored Democrats in Congress who have urged him to sign an Executive Order to end workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. The White House has told the Hill that "it's not the right time" to move on this issue. When is the right time if this is truly an issue of individual rights and fairness? (And doesn't this sound familiar? Remember his whispering sweet nothings into Medvedev's ear about needing more flexibility until after the election?) What courage! <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-seeks-Latino-support,-delays-move-on-gay-issues/767784410000906985.htmlLaura2012-04-12T12:34:00ZReligious bias alert! MSNBC "investigates" Romney's Mormonism and "how It deals With race...."Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Religious-bias-alert!-MSNBC-investigates-Romneys-Mormonism-and-how-It-deals-With-race..../-209742556857787978.html2012-04-11T11:48:00Z2012-04-11T11:48:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>We knew it would happen. As soon as Mitt Romney sealed the deal to become the GOP nominee, the knives would come out on his Mormon faith. The president's surrogates at MSNBC such as Lawrence O'Donnell have been frothing at the mouth regarding Romney and race for years, but on Wednesday it was the kick-off of a new season of anti-Mormon bashing. Would MSNBC try this against Muslims? MSNBC investigates: Islam &amp; how it deals with women, gays, and other minorities. You know the answer. <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2012/04/10/it-begins-msnbc-investigates-mitt-romneys-mormonism-and-how-it-deals#ixzz1riwdV1Ns" target="_blank">Check it out what was said</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Religious-bias-alert!-MSNBC-investigates-Romneys-Mormonism-and-how-It-deals-With-race..../-209742556857787978.htmlLaura2012-04-11T11:48:00ZViolence spurred by the Trayvon Martin exploitation crowd?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Violence-spurred-by-the-Trayvon-Martin-exploitation-crowd/570275360665693770.html2012-04-10T19:24:00Z2012-04-10T19:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>It is a sad fact that three years after the inauguration of Barack Obama, the nation's first black president, racial animosity and distrust is on the rise in America. As the special prosecutor in Sanford, Florida continues to investigate the facts of what happened that tragic February night, certain unhinged and frankly disgusting figures in our society are seeking to exploit the situation and start a race war. Listen to the words of the New Black Panther party's Michelle Williams, chief of staff of the group's Tampa chapter, on this conference call last Friday: "If you are having any doubts, get suited, booted and armed up for this race war that's never ended...the thing that's about to happen to these honkies, crackers...I'm kinda pissed off right now that the state of Florida ain't on fire. This could not have happend in LA bc them brothers up there are not scared to riot....or St Pete where the black man over there ain't scared to kill a cracker." Lovely. <br /><br /> Now Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have urged peaceful protests, and don't condone this race war rhetoric. Jackson speaks, however, of the "ugly truths" the Trayvon Martin case reveals about America. Meanwhile, the family of the villified George Zimmerman are asking for help themselves. They feel like their lives are in danger after receiving death threats and when "WANTED: Dead or Alive" posters starting popping up--they demand to know why Atty General Eric Holder isn't doing more. Meanwhile, in Gainsville, FL, authorities are investigating a "racially motivated" beating of a white man by several black assailants over the weekend. The victim, who has been hospitalized, claims the men jumped out of their car, and shouted "Trayvon!" before they beat him, and leaving him permantely disfigured. <br /><br /> America is facing huge problems--joblessless and stagnant wages, high gas and food prices, all hitting minority communities especially hard. The last thing we need are race baiters and political charlatans to hijack the debate about to get our country back on track. This is a time for a thoughtful, serious debate on the best vision and most effective plan for returning America to a path of prosperity for all of us to walk on together. President Obama ran as a leader who could bridge divides, but now his campaign strategy seems to be divide and conquer. Now that Rick Santorum has suspended his campaign, it is up to Mitt Romney to emerge as the adult in the room, and urge the nation to unite, so we can save the American dream for the next generation. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Violence-spurred-by-the-Trayvon-Martin-exploitation-crowd/570275360665693770.htmlLaura2012-04-10T19:24:00ZHume says anti-Mormon attacks could help RomneyLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hume-says-anti-Mormon-attacks-could-help-Romney/766652954257914769.html2012-04-10T11:33:00Z2012-04-10T11:33:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>MSNBC's Laurence O'Donnell picked up where he left off in 2007 last week, when he viciously attacked the Mormon faith. Of course there are significant theological differences between the Church of Latter Day Saints and evangelicals and Catholics. But the nasty, personal, almost unhinged nature of the O'Donnell attack could actually help Romney in the end, Brit Hume told me on <a href="http://www.mediaite.com/tv/brit-hume-to-laura-ingraham-harsh-criticism-of-romneys-mormonism-may-help-him/" target="_blank">the O'Reilly Factor</a>. Another point: where is Democrat Sen. Harry Reid, another Mormon, when his faith is maligned on national cable television? Will he stand up to defend his fellow believer? And would any left-wing commentator dare to deliver such calumny against Islam, given how that faith has been interpreted to support an ongoing jihad and annihilation of Christians and Jews worldwide? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Hume-says-anti-Mormon-attacks-could-help-Romney/766652954257914769.htmlLaura2012-04-10T11:33:00ZBias Alert! "Survey" of independents a wet kiss for ObamaLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bias-Alert!-Survey-of-independents-a-wet-kiss-for-Obama/761808631004102850.html2012-04-09T14:01:00Z2012-04-09T14:01:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Politico is touting a "survey" of independents that at first glance seems to be fabulous news for President Obama. But start reading and consider the source--it turns out that a Democrat group called the "Third Way" commissioned the study! I don't doubt that Romney has a lot of work to do to move the "likeability" meter, especially when he's up against a man who does nothing but launch new razzle dazzle efforts, but <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74943.html" target="_blank">this poll</a> isn't reason to sweat just yet. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Bias-Alert!-Survey-of-independents-a-wet-kiss-for-Obama/761808631004102850.htmlLaura2012-04-09T14:01:00ZObama "razzle dazzle" on NBC entertainment showsLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-razzle-dazzle-on-NBC-entertainment-shows/720865915321662863.html2012-04-06T12:36:00Z2012-04-06T12:36:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>For years, I have been tracking how the Obamas use non-news shows and his boosters in the entertainment complex to advance his perpetual campaign. And in the reelection year, the Obama saturation of every entertainment platform is underway: filming NBC's "The Biggest Loser" in the East Room, appearing during the NCAA final at half-time, showcasing the glitterati at the "Easter Egg Roll," and the list goes on. My friends at <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tim-graham/2012/04/06/msnbc-touts-how-non-news-shows-nbcs-are-helping-obamas-crush-romney-amon" target="_blank">Media Research Center</a> share an exchange on MSNBC about how this means Romney just can't compete with Obama's appeal. Substitute host Luke Russert noted: "You watch the Final Four the other night, Barack Obama at half time, long interview, Michelle Obama is going to be on the Biggest Loser. You see pictures of Obama with the kids. There's this culture of personality that Mitt Romney just can't compete with." And that's what's most important, right? To heck with what's happening to our competitiveness, our influence around the world, our trade deficit, our debt! As long Obama moves effortlessly in the entertainment milieu, as long as he sings on key with Al Green, as long as Michelle dances with Ellen, does any of that other stuff really matter? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-razzle-dazzle-on-NBC-entertainment-shows/720865915321662863.htmlLaura2012-04-06T12:36:00ZObama: Jesus is "a son of God"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama:-Jesus-is-a-son-of-God/-992527144476064667.html2012-04-05T11:33:00Z2012-04-05T11:33:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Happy Easter to you, too, Mr. President. Did he use this phrasing so as not to offend Muslims? It certainly can't be just a verbal slip, like his "Navy Corpse-man." And he was <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-jesus-son-god" target="_blank">speaking</a> to Christian clergy at an Easter event at the White House. Is there anything this man doesn't screw up? Let's ask Rev. Wright whether this, in fact, is what he taught his most famous parishioner. I didn't think it was possible for Pres. Obama to lose more ground with serious Christians, but I was wrong. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama:-Jesus-is-a-son-of-God/-992527144476064667.htmlLaura2012-04-05T11:33:00ZObama Flashes Star-Trek SaluteLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-Flashes-Star-Trek-Salute/-1162803694664877.html2012-04-05T11:24:00Z2012-04-05T11:24:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Now if only we could beam him up, Romney! And they mocked George W. Bush for his "frat boy" manner?! <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/04/courting-nerd-vote-obama-flashes-star-trek-salute-with-nichelle-nichols/" target="_blank">Read the story</a> about what must be his desperate hunt for votes amidst the Trekkie nerds. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-Flashes-Star-Trek-Salute/-1162803694664877.htmlLaura2012-04-05T11:24:00ZThe exploitation of Trayvon MartinLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-exploitation-of-Trayvon-Martin/766740885436678434.html2012-04-05T11:19:00Z2012-04-05T11:19:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I know, you think there's nothing more to be said or written about the hucksters who have inserted themselves into the Trayvon Martin story. But when Shelby Steele, one of the most incisive writers on race and culture decides to analyze the situation, it's always <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303302504577323691134926300.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop" target="_blank">must-reading</a>. Here's an excerpt: Trayvon's sad fate clearly sent a quiver of perverse happiness all across America's civil rights establishment, and throughout the mainstream media as well. His death was vindication of the "poetic truth" that these establishments live by. Poetic truth is like poetic license where one breaks grammatical rules for effect. Better to break the rule than lose the effect. Poetic truth lies just a little; it bends the actual truth in order to highlight what it believes is a larger and more important truth. <br /><br /> The civil rights community and the liberal media live by the poetic truth that America is still a reflexively racist society, and that this remains the great barrier to black equality. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/The-exploitation-of-Trayvon-Martin/766740885436678434.htmlLaura2012-04-05T11:19:00ZObama invokes Reagan to hit RyanLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-invokes-Reagan-to-hit-Ryan/598080010266473440.html2012-04-04T13:27:00Z2012-04-04T13:27:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Barack Obama's hilarious attempt to dismiss Rep. Paul Ryan's budget Tuesday by harkening back to Ronald Reagan is one for the ages. First, he stumbled over his charge that the Ryan plan was "thinly veiled social Darwinism." (This from a guy who has tried mightily to "transform" America in the way we drive, heat our houses, and eat.) Second, he posited the absurd argument that Ronald Reagan couldn't get the GOP nomination today because the party had moved so far to the right, citing Ryan's "radical" ideas. That's a knee-slapper, coming from a man who rammed through a wildly controversial healthcare "reform" bill that is still exceedingly unpopular, and which is about to be overturned as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. Mitt Romney should be able to destroy this dishonest Obama narrative without breaking a mental sweat. The president has been MIA on all the major economic challenges facing the nation. Instead of working with Congress, urging the Democrats in the Senate to pass their own budget, he prefers to do nothing but fundraise, campaign and engage in tedious and predictable demagoguery. Imagine if the President gave a speech where he called out the stall tactics of both the House and Senate. The House actually passed a budget--that's a start. The Senate needs to do the same, and then both houses should do what Congress used to do on budgets--it works out the differences during a conference period, called the reconciliation process. It's not easy or fun work, but it's necessary. The people deserve more than a President who is apparently getting paid to do little more than fly around on government jets collecting cash for his own reelection. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-invokes-Reagan-to-hit-Ryan/598080010266473440.htmlLaura2012-04-04T13:27:00Z"Republicans must be racist because..."Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Republicans-must-be-racist-because.../-953807935676033889.html2012-04-04T12:18:00Z2012-04-04T12:18:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Absurd "study" watch! <br /><br /> Now we're doing studies about which race enjoys the Trayvon Martin media coverage more! So <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/04/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn" target="_blank">when the numbers show</a> that whites are more tired of the perpetual drumbeat than blacks, what are we to conclude? That whites are heartless racists, that's what. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Republicans-must-be-racist-because.../-953807935676033889.htmlLaura2012-04-04T12:18:00ZReporters' "war on voters"Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Reporters-war-on-voters/-388562498010841175.html2012-04-03T11:25:00Z2012-04-03T11:25:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The media are trying as hard as possible to set a no-win narrative against Mitt Romney. He's an impossible stiff! He's tacked too far to the right! He is mean to animals! He's "anti-women"! He has too many houses! Notice how there is little no examination of the real Obama record? America teeters on the edge of a precipice for many reasons--and for the past three years the President has racked up more debt than any of his predecessors. Now that's historic! But instead of having an honest, substantive debate about the president's record, or the policy proposals of the presumptive GOP nominee, let's definitely talk about Mitt's car elevator! And let's amplify the phony cries of left-wing activists about contraception and GOP "war on women"! What a disservice to the American electorate. Of course Romney will do himself no good to complain about the sorry state of the dinosaur media. They essentially work in concert with the Obama/Biden 2012 press operation and will continue to do so. But the Romney folks may start reconsidering their isolationist strategy, where they freeze out most conservative media outlets (The Laura Ingraham Show and many others). <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Reporters-war-on-voters/-388562498010841175.htmlLaura2012-04-03T11:25:00ZAnn Romney to the rescue?Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ann-Romney-to-the-rescue/130393482718016438.html2012-04-02T11:44:00Z2012-04-02T11:44:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Mitt Romney needs to be more "human," say campaign consultants and Republicans who are starting to freak out about his awkward moments on the trail. If he has a "passion" and "authenticity" problem, if he comes across as too stiff and stilted, can his lovely and <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0412/74718.html" target="_blank">down-to-earth wife Ann</a> help? The Romney camp camp is counting on it. Admit it, wouldn't it be delightful to have someone like Ann as FLOTUS? Does anyone think she'll hop a government jet as a lark to see an awards show, or send her grandchildren on spring break with 25 government escorts? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ann-Romney-to-the-rescue/130393482718016438.htmlLaura2012-04-02T11:44:00ZPolling panic regarding GOP & women, etc.Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Polling-panic-regarding-GOP--women,-etc./-198679938084862658.html2012-04-02T11:25:00Z2012-04-02T11:25:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Our dear friends at MSNBC had heart palpitations today over a new <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-04-01/swing-states-poll/53930684/1" target="_blank">USA Today/Gallup Poll</a> showing that Mitt Romney trails President Obama in swing states and among that key demographic group--women. David Paul Kuhn unpacks the recent hysteria and jubilation over how Democrats will prevail with the "war on women" narrative. <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/04/02/false_reports_gop_not_losing_women_in_contraception_war_on_women_romney_obama_2012_gender_gap.html" target="_blank">Check it out:</a> <br /><br /> The pillars of our print media are especially prone to these mistakes on social issues. The data is misreported on subjects ranging from immigration policy to substantive, and sometimes silly, analyses of the gender gap. <br /><br /> The mistakes are not uniformly one-sided. Sometimes it&rsquo;s conventional wisdom that endures despite the facts. &ldquo;Obama risks Catholic vote with birth-control mandate,&rdquo; went a Reuters headline early in the debate. There has not been a &ldquo;Catholic vote&rdquo; for decades in American politics. The rate of attendance at church, not what church Americans attend, strongly relates to modern voting. Religious Catholics vote more like religious Protestants than other Catholics. Yet, more often than not, poor analysis on social issues colors leftward. One reason, as MSNBC&rsquo;s Joe Scarborough said at the outset of this latest bout, is that the media have a blind spot on cultural issues. <br /><br /> Republicans should be concerned. The GOP nominee cannot win with only 37 percent of the female vote. Yet early head-to-head polls are not historically predictive. George W. Bush, like Romney, earned only 37 percent of the female vote in the CBS poll in February of 2000. But Bush won 43 percent of women on Election Day. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Polling-panic-regarding-GOP--women,-etc./-198679938084862658.htmlLaura2012-04-02T11:25:00ZBlame you can believe in: Obama-Biden 2012Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Blame-you-can-believe-in:-Obama-Biden-2012/393632131105767110.html2012-03-30T16:09:00Z2012-03-30T16:09:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Nothing is their fault. Nothing is their doing. It's all still Bush's fault, or the Tea Party's fault, or talk radio's fault. Now Joe Biden is out on the trail making the case that his boss has faced bigger challenges than Roosevelt. Yeah, World War II and the Great Depression were no big thing. These people are shameless. <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/obama-made-hair-curling-decisions-biden-says/" target="_blank">Read the ABC News account</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Blame-you-can-believe-in:-Obama-Biden-2012/393632131105767110.htmlLaura2012-03-30T16:09:00ZObamessiah watch: Michelle's "Biggest Loser" momentLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamessiah-watch:-Michelles-Biggest-Loser-moment/-478216450625815663.html2012-03-30T13:03:00Z2012-03-30T13:03:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>I am convinced that there is not a sports or entertainment venue where Mrs. Obama won't go to propel her "Meee-chelle" brand or her husband's reelection. Gee, because the contestants on " <a href="http://video.tvguide.com/Biggest+Loser+Surprised+By+Michelle+Obama/Biggest+Loser+Surprised+By+Michelle+Obama/9601707?autoplay=true&amp;partnerid=OVG" target="_blank">The Biggest Loser</a>" are wowed, we should all be thrilled that the White House has become a perpetual backdrop for the glitterati and reality television. And remember, you shouldn't go to Vegas on the taxpayer's dime, but the Obamas can do what they darn well please as long as they call the trip "official." <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obamessiah-watch:-Michelles-Biggest-Loser-moment/-478216450625815663.htmlLaura2012-03-30T13:03:00ZSEIU reveal payments for protest!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/SEIU-reveal-payments-for-protest!/-93044118828942137.html2012-03-29T17:27:00Z2012-03-29T17:27:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>During the townhall events and tea party rallies that preceded the 2010 elections, Democrats such as then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi demeaningly referred to conservatives who showed up as "astroturf" protesters. Well, now we know that groups such as SEIU and Planned Parenthood pays people to canvas and protest too. Check out this video shot at the Supreme Court, courtesy of our friends at <a href="http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/28/caught-on-camera-seiu-activists-discuss-20-payment-for-obamacare-protest-video/" target="_blank">the Daily Caller</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/SEIU-reveal-payments-for-protest!/-93044118828942137.htmlLaura2012-03-29T17:27:00ZObama dominates social networks, GOP needs wake-up callLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-dominates-social-networks,-GOP-needs-wake-up-call/90189752903121178.html2012-03-29T12:54:00Z2012-03-29T12:54:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>How many of you have gone to search for a video on Youtube lately, only to have your screen dominated by Obama 2012 tabs and those annoying sunburst logos? "Become part of the 'Change' team!" "Stand with Hope!" "Join an Obama House Party." For all of the failures of the Obama Administration, the campaign apparatus continues to be masterful at occupying the on-line space where young and (and some older voters!) live and congregate. I have yet to see a Romney "click-through" tab on YouTube or Facebook, although they may be there somewhere. And given the news that <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/29/report-obama-campaign-outspending-gop-competition-by-millions/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fpolitics+%28Internal+-+Politics+-+Text%29&amp;utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher" target="_blank">Team Obama is spending far more than their GOP rivals</a> so far means there isn't much time for conservatives interested in taking back the White House to start broadening its online reach in creative and cool ways. Otherwise, Romney may be hit with a lot more "thumbs down" responses from the very people who should want a "change" from Obama's failed economic policies. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Obama-dominates-social-networks,-GOP-needs-wake-up-call/90189752903121178.htmlLaura2012-03-29T12:54:00ZShock: 20% of America's working age men are unemployedLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Shock:-20-of-Americas-working-age-men-are-unemployed/721996683018283716.html2012-03-28T11:18:00Z2012-03-28T11:18:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This is a disgraceful fact. Obama should be taken to cleaners over this by the GOP nominee. Of course Obama would rather weigh in on Sandra Fluke, or talk about about his NCAA bracket, than defend his record. Trayvon Martin's case is desperately sad, and the <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2121402/They-prime-lives--working-age-men-unemployed.html#ixzz1qOgtWOOJ" target="_blank">reality that young African American men</a> face today in the workforce is as well. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Shock:-20-of-Americas-working-age-men-are-unemployed/721996683018283716.htmlLaura2012-03-28T11:18:00ZABC obsesses on Romney's La Jolla homeLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/ABC-obsesses-on-Romneys-La-Jolla-home/-16641576226805971.html2012-03-28T03:49:00Z2012-03-28T03:49:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>It is fascinating to see what some of our friends at ABC News thinks are "newsworthy." Check out the posts of "digital reporter" Devin Dwyer on Obama's "surprise" about the GOP <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/obama-surprised-by-gop-social-agenda-in-2012/" target="_blank">social agenda</a> or the scintillating item regarding the family's news <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/obama-family-chili-recipe-on-new-pinterest-page/" target="_blank">chili recipe</a>. Meanwhile, his digi-colleague Michael Falcone <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/mitt-romney-plans-even-more-luxurious-southern-california-retreat/" target="_blank">logs an assist</a> by hitting Mitt Romney on his South California vacation home. Basically, anytime the Obamas scratch an itch, the media cover are there to paint it in the best possible light. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/ABC-obsesses-on-Romneys-La-Jolla-home/-16641576226805971.htmlLaura2012-03-28T03:49:00ZJFK airport baggage theft scandal!Laurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/JFK-airport-baggage-theft-scandal!/-982468135946396190.html2012-03-28T03:42:00Z2012-03-28T03:42:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>The stories about airport baggage handling thefts seem ho-hum on the surface--what's the big deal if a few items are stolen here and there? Insurance covers it, right? Or TSA? Or the airlines? In certain cases, individual passengers can get some relief, but there is no guarantee. Some airlines give a maximum benefit for damaged or lost luggage, but don't record the incidents as "thefts." But now we learn a lot more about what happens 200 times a day at JFK International Airport, one of the busiest airports in the United States. Think of it this way--if someone can take items from our bags at American airports undetected (there is not continuous closed circuit coverage of key baggage screening areas)--<a href="http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/26/exclusive-the-stunning-jfk-airport-baggage-scandal-200-thefts-per-day/#.T3JV_1coNhQ.email" target="_blank">then what prevents him from introducing</a> an item <em>into</em> our bags? <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/JFK-airport-baggage-theft-scandal!/-982468135946396190.htmlLaura2012-03-28T03:42:00ZSlaying suspect in multiple homicides avoided deportationLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Slaying-suspect-in-multiple-homicides-avoided-deportation/-680993430609007211.html2012-03-27T16:33:00Z2012-03-27T16:33:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>This is yet another outrage due to our lax immigration enforcement--good folks wait in line for years and all to often the bad apples get to stay. In San Francisco there are five people dead, allegedly at the hands of a man Binh Thai Luc, a native of Vietnam, who was allowed to stay here even after he served a prison term for robbery and assault. As an alien, he should have been immediately deportable but a <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/03/26/MN7L1NQBR4.DTL#ixzz1qKkT5xpY" target="_blank">Supreme Court ruling</a> allowed him to stay. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Slaying-suspect-in-multiple-homicides-avoided-deportation/-680993430609007211.htmlLaura2012-03-27T16:33:00ZEx-doc dumps abortion files in Kan. recycling binLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ex-doc-dumps-abortion-files-in-Kan.-recycling-bin/907958606076185313.html2012-03-27T16:16:00Z2012-03-27T16:16:00ZPosted By: Laura<br><br>Inquiring minds want to know. Since we are talking about a potential "cover-up" in the Trayvon Martin case, why not a full inquiry into the purposeful dumping of information involving the termination of countless innocent lives? The abortion industry is one monumental cover-up operation, dead-set on keeping meaningful information from women considering abortion (its opposition to ultrasounds and lip-service to adoption). Read about what Kansas ex-abortion doctor did with potential "evidence" <a href="http://apnews.myway.com/article/20120327/D9TOTTNO0.html" target="_blank">here</a>. <br><br>http://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Ex-doc-dumps-abortion-files-in-Kan.-recycling-bin/907958606076185313.htmlLaura2012-03-27T16:16:00ZSuspect in DUI wreck that killed boy is illegal alienLaurahttp://www.LauraIngraham.com/b/Suspect-in-DUI-wreck-that-killed-boy-is-illegal-alien/-407307510504051495.ht